ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,729, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to STRONG FORCE VCN PORTFOLIO 2019 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Machine-learning-driven supply chain out-of-stock inventory resolution and contract negotiation" was invented by Charles H. Cella (Pembroke, Mass.), Andrew Cardno (San Diego), Jenna Parenti (Denver), Andrew S. Locke (Farmington, Mich.), Brad Kell (Seattle), Teymour S. El-Tahry (Detroit), Leon Fortin Jr. (Providence, R.I.), Andrew Bunin (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.), Kunal Sharma (Mumbai, India), Taylor Charon (Troy, Mich.), Hristo Malchev (Alta Loma, Calif.), Eric P. Vetter (Cary, N.C.), David Stein (Fairfax, Va.) and Benjamin D. Goodman (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released ...