# Arlen Anderson — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Arlen Anderson has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Computers Match and Join Messy Data from Different Sources](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9607103/amazon-athena) — granted 2017
  A method for merging datasets by identifying related but non-identical items using flexible matching rules rather than strict equality.

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