US Patent Issued to GRAVIC on Feb. 4 for "Method and apparatus for continuously comparing two databases which are actively being kept synchronized" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,681, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to GRAVIC INC. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Method and apparatus for continuously comparing two databases which are actively being kept synchronized" was invented by John R. Hoffmann (Kennett Square, Pa.), Paul J. Holenstein (Downingtown, Pa.), Bruce D. Holenstein (Media, Pa.) and Dylan R. Holenstein (Newtown Square, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated method and apparatus are provided for comparing a first database and a second database that are intended to be kept in synchronization with each other. Applications process changes that are posted to the first database and the second database. Changes...