ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,734, issued on May 5, was assigned to SAP SE (Walldorf, Germany).

"Automatic classification of security vulnerabilities" was invented by Abhinav Srivastava (Gorakhpur, India), Krishna Prasad P (Kasaragod, India), Anurag Negi (Pauri Garhwal, India) and Pratim Milind Ugale (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods and systems are directed to the automated assessment of vulnerabilities in the context of information technology (IT) security. A data record of a vulnerability is accessed. The vulnerability includes a vulnerability description and may also identify an application in respect of which the vulnerability was d...