ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,405, issued on June 17, was assigned to Rapid7 Inc. (Boston).

"Machine learning techniques for verifying correctness of associations between assets related to events and addressable computer network assets" was invented by Stuart Millar (Bangor, Great Britain) and Ralph McTeggart (Belfast, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for verifying correctness of associations between assets related to events detected in at least one computer network and assets in an asset catalog for the at least one computer network. The techniques include: obtaining information specifying a first asset and a first set of assets with which...