ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,203, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAE INTERNATIONAL (Warrendale, Pa.).

"Similarity searching across digital standards" was invented by Divyesh Gaur (Pittsburgh), Suman Ghosh (Monroeville, Pa.), Jean De Dieu Iradukunda (Pittsburgh), Audra Ziegenfuss (Baden, Pa.) and Uxue Zurutuza Dorronsoro (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a method for identifying similar objects by performing document attribute comparisons, the method including: receiving a reference document, wherein the reference document corresponds to an object and comprises a plurality of attributes of the object; receiving a request for a...