US Patent Issued to Theta Labs on Nov. 4 for "Modular large language model (LLM) guided tree-of-thought system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,164, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Theta Labs Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Modular large language model (LLM) guided tree-of-thought system" was invented by Jieyi Long (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Mitchell C. Liu (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tree-of-thought (ToT) system is presented that improves problem-solving capabilities of machine learning models, such as auto-regressive large language models (LLMs). The TOT system can solve complex reasoning tasks through trial and error. In this process, the system explores the solution space through a tree-like thought process, allowing for backtracking when necessary. The...