ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,092, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for classifying software code based on functionality and criticality" was invented by Sakshi Bakshi (New Delhi), Sudhakar Balu (Chennai, India) and Siva Kumar Paini (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for classifying software code determines a first function, a first set of operations, and a first criticality level of a first software code. The system determines a second function, a second set of operations, and a second criticality level of the second software code. The system determines that the first function...