diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
index 8acd2a95..a2c27b19 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ public class Section {
     }
 
 
-    public boolean hasTableHeader(String headerName){
-       String cleanHeaderName = headerName.replaceAll("\n", "").replaceAll(" ", "").replaceAll("-", "");
-       return tabularData != null && tabularData.containsKey(cleanHeaderName);
+    public boolean hasTableHeader(String headerName) {
+
+        String cleanHeaderName = headerName.replaceAll("\n", "").replaceAll(" ", "").replaceAll("-", "");
+        return tabularData != null && tabularData.containsKey(cleanHeaderName);
     }
 
 
@@ -80,6 +81,34 @@ public class Section {
     }
 
 
+    public void expandByRegEx(String type, String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group) {
+
+        Pattern compiledPattern = Patterns.getCompiledPattern(pattern, patternCaseInsensitive);
+
+        Set<Entity> expanded = new HashSet<>();
+        for (Entity entity : entities) {
+
+            if (!entity.getType().equals(type) || entity.getTextAfter() == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(entity.getTextAfter());
+
+            while (matcher.find()) {
+                String match = matcher.group(group);
+                if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(match)) {
+                    expanded.addAll(findEntities(entity.getWord() + match, type, false, entity.isRedaction(), entity.getMatchedRule(), entity
+                            .getRedactionReason(), entity.getLegalBasis()));
+
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        EntitySearchUtils.addEntitiesWithHigherRank(entities, expanded, dictionary);
+        EntitySearchUtils.removeEntitiesContainedInLarger(entities);
+    }
+
+
     public void redact(String type, int ruleNumber, String reason, String legalBasis) {
 
         boolean hasRecommendationDictionary = dictionaryTypes.contains(RECOMMENDATION_PREFIX + type);
@@ -160,7 +189,7 @@ public class Section {
 
                 String trimmedValue = value.trim();
                 String cleanValue;
-                if(trimmedValue.startsWith(":")){
+                if (trimmedValue.startsWith(":")) {
                     cleanValue = trimmedValue.substring(1).trim();
                 } else {
                     cleanValue = trimmedValue;
@@ -207,8 +236,8 @@ public class Section {
     }
 
 
-    public void redactAndRecommendByRegEx(String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group, String asType, int ruleNumber,
-                              String reason, String legalBasis) {
+    public void redactAndRecommendByRegEx(String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group, String asType,
+                                          int ruleNumber, String reason, String legalBasis) {
 
         Pattern compiledPattern = Patterns.getCompiledPattern(pattern, patternCaseInsensitive);
 
@@ -363,6 +392,7 @@ public class Section {
             }
         }
     }
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
index 3d1bb993..e6eef8d8 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/RedactionIntegrationTest.java
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public class RedactionIntegrationTest {
 
         System.out.println("redactionTest");
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        ClassPathResource pdfFileResource = new ClassPathResource("files/Metolachlor/S-Metolachlor_RAR_08_Volume_3CA_B-6_2018-09-06.pdf");
+        ClassPathResource pdfFileResource = new ClassPathResource("files/Metolachlor/S-Metolachlor_RAR_01_Volume_1_2018-09-06.pdf");
 
         AnalyzeRequest request = AnalyzeRequest.builder()
                 .ruleSetId(TEST_RULESET_ID)
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/utils/RegExPatternTest.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/utils/RegExPatternTest.java
index 1f2ae55b..0ca7344e 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/utils/RegExPatternTest.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/utils/RegExPatternTest.java
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
 package com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.redaction.utils;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.redaction.model.Entity;
+
 public class RegExPatternTest {
 
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExpand(){
+        String pattern = "(,? [A-Z]\\.?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?\\b\\.?)";
+        String text = ", G.R., Simoneaux,";
+        Pattern compiledPattern = Pattern.compile(pattern, 0);
+        Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(text);
+
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String match = matcher.group(1);
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(match)) {
+                System.out.println(match);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
     @Test
     public void testEmailRegEx(){
         String text = "Address: Schwarzwaldalle " +
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/allAuthors.drl b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/allAuthors.drl
index fe0dc278..ef08c66d 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/allAuthors.drl
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/allAuthors.drl
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ global Section section
 
 // --------------------------------------- CBI rules -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+rule "0: Expand CBI Authors with firstname initials"
+    when
+        Section(matchesType("CBI_author") || matchesType("recommendation_CBI_author"))
+    then
+        section.expandByRegEx("CBI_author", "(,? [A-Z]\\.?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?\\b\\.?)", false, 1);
+        section.expandByRegEx("recommendation_CBI_author", "(,? [A-Z]\\.?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?\\b\\.?)", false, 1);
+    end
+
+
 rule "1: Redact CBI Authors"
     when
         Section(matchesType("CBI_author") || matchesType("recommendation_CBI_author"))
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
index df75bbe9..a028a45f 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ global Section section
 
 // --------------------------------------- CBI rules -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+rule "0: Expand CBI Authors with firstname initials"
+    when
+        Section(matchesType("CBI_author") || matchesType("recommendation_CBI_author"))
+    then
+        section.expandByRegEx("CBI_author", "(,? [A-Z]\\.?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?\\b\\.?)", false, 1);
+        section.expandByRegEx("recommendation_CBI_author", "(,? [A-Z]\\.?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?( ?[A-Z]\\.?)?\\b\\.?)", false, 1);
+    end
+
+
 rule "1: Redacted because Section contains Vertebrate"
     when
         Section(matchesType("vertebrate"))