ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,153, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Blue Prism Ltd. (Warrington, Great Britain).

"System for automating processes" was invented by David Moss (Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain) and Ciaran Gultnieks (Pateley Bridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a system for automating processes, the system comprising at least one computer configured to provide at least one virtual user which interacts with applications and/or documents to run at least one automated process. There is also provided a method of running automated processes, the method comprising the steps of providing at least one computer and providing ...