ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,546, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KPMG LLP (New York).

"System and method for predicting investigation queries based on prior investigations" was invented by Gary A. Bushey (Youngsville, N.C.), Hrisheek Radhakrishnan (Atlanta) and Tarun Sondhi (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention is directed to predicting investigation queries based on prior investigations. An embodiment of the present invention leverages the knowledge of the existing experienced analysts to assist and guide newer or less experienced analysts through incident investigations. By analyzing queries that have been ru...