US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on July 28 for "Claim analysis based on candidate functions" (Illinois, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,453, issued on July 28, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Claim analysis based on candidate functions" was invented by Jeremy David Dickerson (Dallas, Ga.), Matthew Marsh (Bloomington, Ill.), Garren King (Eureka, Ill.) and Justin Devore (Atlanta, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Candidate function data can include data for multiple candidate functions that may indicate whether insurance claims are likely to involve certain issues, such as comparative negligence issues. A real-time claim identifier can use the candidate function data to determine, in near real-time, if claim data for a...