ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,225, issued on July 1.

"Remote vehicular interrupter" was invented by Jeremy Van Winkle (Lake Charles, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of remotely interrupting the function of a vehicle using hardware components installed within a housing and a data processing device (DPD), such as a smart phone, in logical communication with one of the vehicle and the case via a WAN or LAN, wherein an ignition request is relayed via a network."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/639,125.

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