US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Nov. 3 for "Machine learning model grafting and integration" (Virginia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,966, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Machine learning model grafting and integration" was invented by James W. Ryland (Dallas) and Jonathan H. Goldstein (Fredericksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining multiple machine learning models, where each machine learning model includes a backbone and a head. The method also includes selecting a first of the machine learning models to retain its backbone. The method further includes back-propagating error terms for synthetic activation data through at least a portion of the backbone of a second of the machine learning models to g...