ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,075, issued on March 3, was assigned to Drumwave Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method of scoring and valuing data for exchange" was invented by Santiago Ortiz Herrera (Palo Alto, Calif.), Andre Gustavo Vellozo Luz (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Javier Cruz San Martin (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for valuing a plurality of sets of data and similar medium, comprising receiving datasets, creating a first sub-score for each of the datasets, creating a second numerical sub-score for each of the plurality of datasets, the second numerical value varying based on information characteristics, the second sub-scor...