US Patent Issued to Adaptam on Sept. 15 for "Method and system for spreadsheet error identification and avoidance" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,536, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Adaptam Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method and system for spreadsheet error identification and avoidance" was invented by Robert E. Dvorak (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of as you type error checking of a spreadsheet formula as a user types the formula in a cell, including analyzing, as you type, the cell contents of the spreadsheet formula and throwing an error message when the cell contents are not valid in the formula being typed. The error message identifies/emphasizes a token or group of tokens that cause the error. Also disclosed is selecting...