ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,485, issued on July 15, was assigned to Auto I.D. Inc. (Hendersonville, Tenn.).

"System and method for providing comprehensive vehicle build information" was invented by Sean C. Smith (Hendersonville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hosted web-accessible system, computer program and methods are provided for generating comprehensive vehicle trim and detailed equipment information for clients, including providing comparative estimation based on underlying information regarding a particular vehicle. Comprehensive original vehicle data is obtained from vehicle manufacturers via a vehicle source interface, the data including a uniq...