ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,182, issued on July 1, was assigned to DataShapes Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).

"Data retrieval in pattern recognition systems" was invented by Jeffrey Brian Adams (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern identification and pattern recognition. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to implement specific pattern recognition configurations for individual pattern recognition applications. In some implementations, the present invention also provides f...