Advanced Analytics R&D Patents
Here at SAS we believe curiosity is at the heart of human progress. SAS is filled with great researchers, engineers, and scientists who, in turn, develop great products. Coming up with new and innovative approaches to help our customers is one of the things we do best. In many situations our innovation is based on a patent. In 2021, SAS filed 59 patent applications, and 93 new patents were issued. The Analytics R&D Division leads the pack in patent applications. Take a look at what we have invented below.If you are interested in learning more about individual patents, copy and paste the US patent number into the USPTO Patent full-text and image database to see details.
Issued Patents 2021-2022
| US Patent Number | Patent Title | Patent Inventor(s) |
| 10,884,383 | Advanced Control Systems for Machines | Michael Leonard, Bruce Elsheimer, Wally Sui |
| 11,003,733 | Analytic System for Fast Quantile Regression Computation | Yonggang Yao |
| 10,956,835 | Analytic System for Gradient Boosting Tree Compression | R. Shi, G. Lin, X. Hu, Y. Xu |
| 11,113,064 | Automated Concurrency and Repetition with Minimal Syntax | J. Rouse, R. Pratt, J. Erickson, M. Chari |
| 2,020,200,967 | Cybersecurity System | Bryan C. Harris, Glen R. Goodwin, Sean Riley Dyer, Alexius Kofi Ameyaw Boakye Jr., Christopher Francis Smith, Pankaj Ramesh Telang, Damian Tane Herrick |
| 10,949,747 | Deep Learning Model Training System | Majid Jahani, Joshua David Griffin, Seyedalireza Yektamaram, Wenwen Zhou |
| 11,055,861 | Discrete Event Simulation with Sequential Decision Making | Mohammadreza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Bahar Biller, Jonathan Lee Walker, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Jorge Silva, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi |
| 11,055,620 | Distributable Clustering Model Training System | Yingjian Wang, Raymond Eugene Wright |
| 3,449,355 | Distributed Data Set Indexing | Brian Payton Bowman, Gordon Lyle Keener, Steven E. Krueger |
| HK 1259159 | Distributed Data Set Storage and Retrieval | Brian Payton Bowman, Steven E. Krueger, Richard Todd Knight, Chih-Wei "Dright" |
| 10,963,802 | Distributed Decision Variable Tuning System for Machine Learning | S. Gardner, J. Griffin, Y. Xu, Y. Gao |
| 10,929,762 | Distributable Event Prediction and Machine Learning Recognition System | Xu Chen, Brett Alan Wujek |
| 10,956,825 | Distributable Event Prediction and Machine Learning Recognition System | Xu Chen, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Brett Alan Wujek |
| 11,010,691 | Distributable Event Prediction and Machine Learning Recognition System | Xu Chen, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Brett Alan Wujek |
| 11,100,428 | Distributable Event Prediction and Machine Learning Recognition System | Xu Chen |
| 11,151,463 | Distributable Event Prediction and Machine Learning Recognition System | Xu Chen, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Brett Alan Wujek |
| 11,093,864 | Distributable Feature Analysis and Tree Model Training System | Brandon Reese |
| 11,145,309 | Dynamic Model Selection in Speech-to-Text Processing | Xu Yang |
| 357972 | Grid Computing System Alongside A Distributed Database Architecture | Oliver Schabenberger, Steven E. Krueger |
| 11,151,480 | Hyperparameter Tuning System Results Viewer | Oleg Golovidov, Brett Wujek, Patrick Koch, Raj Singh |
| 10983682 | Interactive Graphical User-Interface for Analyzing and Manipulating Time-Series Projections | Michael James Leonard, Macklin Carter Frazier, Jie Zhong, Li Xu, Kyungduck Cha, Rajendra Singh Solanki, Rajib Nath |
| 11,109,194 | Location Network Analysis Tool for Predicting Contamination Change | C. Pinheiro, M. Galati, N. Summerville |
| 11,074,412 | Machine Learning Classification System | Sam Leeman-Munk, James Cox, David Styles, Richard Crowell |
| 11,087,215 | Machine Learning Classification System | Xu Chen |
| 11,093,833 | Multi-Objective Distributed Hyperparameter Tuning System | Steven Gardner, Joshua Griffin, Patrick Koch, Brett Wujek,Oleg Golovidov |
| 11,062,219 | Nonlinear Optimization System | J. Griffin, R. Omheni, Y. Xu |
| 11,195,084 | Neural Network Training System | Xinmin Wu, Yingjian Wang, Xiangqian Hu |
| 11,055,639 | Optimizing Manufacturing Processes Using One or More Machine Learning Models | Pelin Cay, Nabaruna Karmakar, Natalia Summerville, Varunraj Valsaraj, Antony Nicholas Cooper, Steven Joseph Gardner, Joshua David Griffin |
| 10,909,313 | Personalized Summary Generation of Data Visualizations | Ethem F. Can, Richard Welland Crowell, James Cornelius Tetterton, Jared Peterson, Saratendu Sethi |
| 11,132,364 | Range Overlap Query Response System for Graph Data | Matthew Galati, Brandon Reese |
| 11,176,692 | Real-Time Concealed Object Tracking | Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Bahar Biller, Mohammad Reza Nazari, Afshin OroojlooyJadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi |
| 11,176,691 | Real-Time Spatial and Group Monitoring and Optimization | Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Bahar Biller, Mohammad Reza Nazari, Afshin OroojlooyJadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Silva, Jinxin Yi |
| 11,120, 032 | Reducing Consumption of Computing Resources in Performing Computerized Sequence-Mining on Large Data Sets | Xilong Chen, Xunlei Wu, Jan Chvosta |
| 11,200,514 | Semi-Supervised Classification System | Xu Chen, Xinmin Wu |
| 11,049,502 | Speech Audio Pre-Processing Segmentation | Xiaozhuo Cheng, Xu Yang, Xiaolong Li |
| 11,138,979 | Speech Audio Pre-Processing Segmentation | Xiaozhuo Cheng, Xu Yang, Xiaolong Li |
| 10,963,292 | Techniques to Manage Virtual Classes for Statistical Tests | Xilong Chen, Mark R. Little |
| 602018013124.8 | Techniques and Methods for Distributed Indexing | Brian Payton Bowman, Gordon Lyle Keener, Steven E. Krueger |
| 11,010,451 | Techniques for Automated Bayesian Posterior Sampling Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Related Schemes | Christian Macaro, Jan Chvosta, Mark Roland Little |
| 11,106,486 | Techniques to Manage Virtual Classes for Statistical Tests | Xilong Chen, Mark R. Little |
| 11,080,602 | Universal Attention-Based Reinforcement Learning Model for Control Systems | Afshin Oroojlooyjadid, Mohammadreza Nazari, Davood Hajinezhad, Jorge Silva |
| 11,048,884 | Word Embeddings and Virtual Terms | James Allen Cox, Russell Albright, Saratendu Sethi |
Issued Patents 2020-2021
| US Patent Number | Patent Title | Patent Inventor(s) |
| 10,776,721 | Accelerating Configuration of Machine-Learning Models | Rui Shi, Alireza Yektamaram, Yan Xu |
| 10,832,087 | Advanced Training of Machine-Learning Models Usable in Control Systems and Other Systems | Xinmin Wu, Yingjian Wang |
| 10,762,390 | Computer-Based Visualization of Machine-Learning Models and Behavior | Aysu Ezen Can, Ning Jin, Ethem F. Can, Xiangqian Hu, Saratendu Sethi |
| 10,540,377 | Computer Implemented Systems for Automatic Hierarchy for Large Scale Time Series Data Sets | Yue Li, Neha Kulkarni, Yung-Hsin Chien, Sagar Mainkar, Bhupendra Bendale |
| 10,769,528 | Deep Learning Model Training System | Ben-Hao Wang, Joshua David Griffin, Alireza Yektamaram, Yan Xu |
| 10,685,283 | Demand Classification Based Pipeline System for Time-Series Data Forecasting | Yue Li, Michele Trovero, Jerzy Brzezicki, Macklin Fazier, Tim Haley, Randy Solomonson, Sangmin Kim, Steven Mills, Yung-Hsin Chien, Ron Hodgin, Jingrui Xie |
| 17,060,957 | Discrete Event Simulation with Sequential Decision Making | Mohammad Reza Nazari, Afshin Oroojlooy Jadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezha,, Bahar Biller, Jonathan Lee Walke,, Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jinxin Yi |
| 10,824,694 | Distributed Feature Analysis in Model Training System | Biruk Gebremariam, Mark Traccarella |
| 10,699,081 | Human Language Analyzer for Detecting Clauses, Clause Types, and Clause Relationships | Teresa Jade, Wei-Shan Chiang, Aaron Arthur, Seng Lee, Qin Yang, Xu Yang |
| 11,074,412 | Machine Learning Classification System | Sam Leeman-Munk, James Cox, David Styles, Richard Crowell |
| 11,093,833 | Multi-Objective Distributed Hyperparameter Tuning System | Steven Gardner, Joshua Griffin, Yan Xu, Patrick Koch, Brett Wujek, Oleg Golovidov |
| 11,062,219 | Nonlinear Optimization System | Joshua Griffin, Riadh Omheni, Yan Xu |
| 11,055,639 | Optimizing Manufacturing Processes Using One or More Machine Learning Models | Pelin Cay, Nabaruna Karmakar, Natalia Summerville, Varunraj Valsaraj, Tony Cooper, Steven Gardner, Joshua Griffin |
| 10,560,313 | Pipeline System for Time-Series Data Forecasting | Udo Sglavo, Phil Helmkamp, Jerzy Brzezicki, Tim Haley, Sujatha Pothireddy |
| 17,060,504 | Real-Time Concealed Object Tracking | Hamza Mustafa Ghadyali, Kedar Shriram Prabhudesai, Jonathan Lee Walker, Xunlei Wu, Xingqi Du, Bahar Biller, Mohammad Reza Nazari, Afshin OroojlooyJadid, Alexander Richard Phelps, Davood Hajinezhad, Varunraj Valsaraj, Jorge Manuel Gomes da Silva, Jinxin Yi |
| 10,642,610 | Scalable Cloud-Based Time Series Analysis | Michael Leonard, Thiago Quirino, Edward Tilden Blair, Jennifer Beeman, Bruce Elsheimer, Javier Delgado |
| 11,049,502 | Speech Audio Pre-Processing Segmentation | Xiaozhuo Cheng, Xu Yang, Xiaolong Li |
| 10,600,005 | System for Automatic, Simultaneous Feature Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning for a Machine Learning Model | Funda Gunes, Udo Sglavo, Susan Haller, Wendy Czika |
| 10,559,308 | System for Determining User Intent from Text | Richard Crowell, Jared Smythe, David Styles |
| 10,642,642 B2 | Techniques to Manage Virtual Classes for Statistical Tests | Xilong Chen, Mark Little |
| 10,664,555 | Two-Stage Distributed Estimation System | Mahesh Joshi |
| 10,565,085 | Two-Stage Distributed Estimation System | Mahesh Joshi |
| 10,860,809 | Word Embeddings and Virtual Terms | James Cox, Russell Albright, Saratendu Sethi |