ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,750, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Cognitive bias detection and correction in self-reported data" was invented by Si Sun (Whitestone, N.Y.), Zhiguo Li (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and Chandramouli Maduri (Elmsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are provided for cognitive bias detection and correction in self-reported data. In some embodiments, a system can include a processor that executes computer-executable components stored in memory. The computer-executable components include first components that creates an ontology of bias descriptor features to identify...