ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,014, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LUCID SOFTWARE INC. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Graphical diagram comparison" was invented by Cole Rosenberg (South Jordan, Utah), Zachary Paul Luker (Herriman, Utah), James A. Hart (Murray, Utah) and Richard John Parker (West Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a method to compare graphical diagrams may include comparing a first set of graphical objects of a first graphical diagram to a second set of graphical objects of a second graphical diagram. The method may include, in response to one or more identifying properties of a given graphical object of the first set matching...