The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Stanford University, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have received a newly granted patent for a method that uses machine learning to help identify which people with depression are likely to respond to antidepressant treatment. The patent lists Dallas-based Madhukar Trivedi among its inventors and is assigned to the three institutions. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12490933; DI Studio]
U.S. Patent No. 11,244,463 (Scalable position tracking system for tracking position in large spaces) was assigned to 7-Eleven, Inc.