ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,147, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC. (New York).

"System and method for completing a field in a form-based application" was invented by Daniel Braga (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Stephen Parento (White Plains, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for completing a field in a form-based application includes extracting form data and elements from a form within the form-based application, where the form data and elements relate to a first field, generating an input window containing the form data and elements, including a second field corresponding to the first field, receiving input regarding the second field f...