ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,686, issued on June 9, was assigned to UiPath Inc. (New York).

"Robotic process automation (RPA) troubleshooting systems and methods" was invented by Marian Platonov (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a troubleshooting module executes on a host machine alongside an instance of a robotic process automation (RPA) robot that carries out an automation workflow. The troubleshooting module is configured to detect an automation failure and in response, to carry out a forensic investigation to determine a cause of the malfunction. Exemplary causes detected by the troubleshooter include focus theft and an inad...