ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,529, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Oceanit Laboratories Inc. (Honolulu).

"Devices, systems, and methods for using linguistic approaches to understand malicious programs" was invented by David Siu (Honolulu) and James Ray Nowell (Waialua, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for detecting, understanding, and classifying malicious actions and/or behaviors in software (e.g., malware), including hidden malicious actions. Specifically, disclosed embodiments use natural language approaches to understand malicious software and provide explanations for classification results. At least ...