ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,847, issued on June 2, was assigned to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. (New York).

"Method and system for space planning by artificial intelligence reasoning" was invented by Rui Manuel Ramos Teixeira Da Silva (London), Alberto Pozanco (Madrid), Parisa Zehtabi (London), Daniele Magazzeni (London) and Manuela Veloso (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a computing apparatus for allocating space in a building are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input that includes information that relates to a plurality of persons that intend to occupy the building; receiving a second input that includes information that relat...