ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,393, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Optum Services (Ireland) Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for grouping data and determining anomalies within data" was invented by Michela Franceschetti (Dublin) and Richard Mcaleavey (Balscadden, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of accessing, by one or more processors, database tables that include a first row storing a first set of data that includes selection criteria values and first data values and a second row storing a second set of data that includes the selection criteria values and second data values. After determining the first and second sets of...