ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,534, issued on July 1, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Tinnitus treatment and analysis" was invented by Douglas L. Oliver (West Hartford, Conn.), Alice L. Burghard (Wolcott, Conn.), Christopher Lee (West Hartford, Conn.) and Emily Fabrizio-Stover (Rocky Hill, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method. The method may include receiving first data based on a stimulus defined according to a patient. The method may include receiving second data based on the stimulus. The method may include determining an indication of tinnitus. The indication of tinnitus may be based on a comparison between ...