ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,222, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Assessment of pulmonary function in coronavirus patients" was invented by Ayman S. El-Baz (Louisville, Ky.), Mohamed Elsharkawy (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Sharafeldeen (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Shalaby (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Soliman (Louisville, Ky.), Ali Mahmoud (Louisville, Ky.), Harpal Sandhu (Louisville, Ky.) and Guruprasad A. Giridharan (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assessment of pulmonary function in coronavirus patients includes use of a computer aided diagnostic system to assess pulmonary function and...