ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,972,018, issued on April 30, was assigned to SAP SE (Walldorf, Germany).

"Data categories for purpose-based processing of personal data" was invented by Saritha Palli (Bangalore, India) and Naved Ahmed (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are provided for purpose-based processing of personal data within an information retrieval framework. A data subject may request information relating to their personal data such that the data subject is identified within the information retrieval framework and an information report is generated based on the personal data of the data subject and its...