ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,629, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Collibra Belgium BV (Brussels).

"Universal data language translator" was invented by James B. Cushman II (Longboat Key, Fla.), Aurko Joshi (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Satyender Goel (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a universal data language (UDL) translator. Specifically, the systems and methods disclosed enable input data from a variety of sources to be translated into a UDL that can be consistently analyzed and compared against other sources of data. For example, an entity may upload input data that has a plurality of data terms and definitions (e...