ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,195, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to eBay Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Detecting compatibility mismatch by generative artificial intelligence" was invented by Sachin Joshi (San Jose, Calif.), Srikanth Rentachintala (San Jose, Calif.) and Brandon Everett Smith (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detecting compatibility mismatch by generative artificial intelligence is described. Compatibility data is obtained (e.g., by accessing a database). The compatibility data is associated with a compatibility between items (e.g., items and categories of vehicles or an item and another item) and includes a list of recommended compati...