ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,559, issued on March 17.

"Systems and methods for using artificial intelligence to audit documents for compliance with guidelines" was invented by John Reed Hewlett Jr. (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for auditing for billing compliance through artificial intelligence includes: training an artificial intelligence (AI) engine using one or more one or more billing guidelines; receiving a billing entry including a reference identifier, amount, and description; instructing the AI engine to audit the billing entry using the billing guidelines; receiving a notification from the AI engine that includes at least one is...