ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,314, issued on Nov. 25.

"Security card tracking and advisory system for motor vehicle" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Jeffrey R. Seaman (Petersburg, Mich.), Eugene Karpinsky (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Annette L. Huebner (Highland, Mich.), John R. Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.) and Adil Nizam Siddiqui (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security token for accessing an automotive vehicle, such as an NFC access card or NFC-capable mobile phone, is monitored to help prevent it being left in the vehicle when the user exits the vehicle. An NFC reader in t...