ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,961, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Machine learning apparatus for data lineage transformation" was invented by Colm Fitzmaurice (Winona, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning ("ML") apparatus for self-service search and transformation of data lineage information is provided. The apparatus may include machine readable memory configured to store technical data element identifiers ("TDEIs") and a computer configured to receive a query for data lineage information corresponding to a first TDEI. The apparatus may include a processor configured to identify a level of commonalit...