ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,992, issued on May 6, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Data swapping using a categorized data mesh" was invented by Manu Kurian (Dallas) and Ganesh Bonda (Weddington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, methods and systems for securely trade data from one node by another node is provided. Methods may include receiving raw data at a node. Methods may include categorizing the data. Methods may include classifying the data. Methods may include assigning data grades to the data. Methods may include assigning security levels to the data. Methods may include storing the data at a data mesh. Methods may i...