ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,760, issued on April 15, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Analyzing data using a hierarchical structure" was invented by Paul Dlugosch (Eagle, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, and methods for analyzing data are described. The data can be analyzed using a hierarchical structure. One such hierarchical structure can comprise a plurality of layers, where each layer performs an analysis on input data and provides an output based on the analysis. The output from lower layers in the hierarchical structure can be provided as inputs to higher layers. In this manner, lower layers can perform a lowe...