ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,235, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Automatic identification of, and responding to, cognition impairment" was invented by Nolan Serrao (Plano, Texas), Keegan Patrick Hayes (Whitestown, Ind.), Arthur Quentin Smith (Fredericksburg, Texas), John Andrew Weems (San Antonio), Salvador Adrian Bretado (San Antonio), Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, Texas), David Joaquin Harris (San Antonio), Carol Lyn Lawrence (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas), Theresa Marie Matowitz (San Antonio) and Courtney St. Martin (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are...