US Patent Issued to Micro Focus on April 21 for "Comprehensive software supply chain analysis" (American, Canadian, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,483, issued on April 21, was assigned to Micro Focus LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Comprehensive software supply chain analysis" was invented by Douglas Max Grover (Rigby, Idaho), Michael F. Angelo (Houston), Baha Masoud (Santa Clara, Calif.), Alexander Hoole (Vancouver, Canada) and Carl Emil Orm Wareus (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current a version of an external component (e.g., an open-source component or a third-party component) that is used in a software application is identified. A new version of the current version of the external component is identified (supply chain components). For example, the new version...