ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,243, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"FileNet data extraction automation" was invented by Tahlil Darwish (Addison, Texas), Ivana Onema (Charlotte, N.C.) and Anthony Rodriguez (Addison, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for evaluating and removing confidential data within a FileNet archive is provided. The disclosure may include a compilation of a list of globally accessible sites that contain archived FileNet links and files potentially containing confidential data. The disclosure may include a FileNet Document Extraction script that may be designed to facilitate ...