# Robert D. Fergus — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Robert D. Fergus has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Computers Use Memory Networks to Answer Questions](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10664744/watson-question-answering-system-deepqa) — granted 2020
  A method for AI to search through large amounts of stored information by repeatedly 'hopping' through memory to find the most relevant facts for answering a question.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/robert-d-fergus

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