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US 10860962
System for fully integrated capture, and analysis of business information resulting in predictive decision making and simulation
Current assignee: Qomplx Inc
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US10860962B2
Title: "System for fully integrated capture, and analysis of business information resulting in predictive decision making and simulation"
Patent number: US10860962B2 | Application: US15/141,752 | Publication (pre-grant): US20170124481A1
Inventors: Jason Crabtree, Andrew Sellers
Assignee history shown: Originally assigned to Fractal Industries, Inc. (2016-07-18), later changed to QOMPLX, INC. (2019-08-07). Current assignee listed as Qomplx Inc.
Key dates: Priority date 2015-10-28 (claimed from US14/925,974); filing date 2016-04-28; granted/publication date 2020-12-08. Legal status shown as Active, expires (assumed) 2038-04-03.
Purpose and plain-language scope (based solely on the title, prior-art keywords, and the excerpt): The patent concerns a system that captures business information from various sources in an integrated manner, analyzes that information, and uses the results to support predictive decision making and simulation. The listed prior-art keywords — data, business, analysis, scrape, campaign — indicate the subject matter relates to gathering (including scraping) business data, analyzing it, and applying it to campaigns or similar business activities. The excerpt does not include the claims, abstract, or detailed description, so the precise technical scope, claim limitations, and specific embodiments are not established here.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10860962](/patent/US10860962)/en (fetched 2026-09-23)
What this excerpt does not establish: It does not contain the patent's claims, abstract, or specification, so the exact scope of protection cannot be summarized. It does not establish validity, enforceability, inventorship disputes, ownership beyond the recorded assignments shown, or the content/status of any cited prior art. The legal status and expiry dates are expressly noted in the source as assumptions, not legal conclusions. No litigation, prosecution history, or family-member details beyond the listed priority filings are established by the supplied text.
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Prior art
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