ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,972,050, issued on April 30, was assigned to Brown University (Providence, R.I.), The General Hospital Corp. (Boston) and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington).

"Brain computer interface (BCI) system that can be implemented on multiple devices" was invented by Leigh Hochberg (Brookline, Mass.), John D. Simeral (Providence, R.I.), Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.), Ronnie Gross (Portsmouth, R.I.), Thomas Hosman (Providence, R.I.), Anastasia Kapitonava (Boston) and Rekha Crawford (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instances of a single brain computer interface (BCI) sy...