ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,093, issued on May 6, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Off-road vehicle air intake system" was invented by David Laroche (Sherbrooke, Canada), Mathieu Duquette (Sherbrooke, Canada), Pierre Poulin (Sherbrooke, Canada), Daniel Nadeau (St-Denis-de-Brompton, Canada), Mathieu Hamel-Gagnon (Sherbrooke, Canada), Olivier Coulombe (St-Denis-de-Brompton, Canada), Jeremy Varlet (Le Mesnil-en-Thelle, France), Stephane Veillette (Sainte-Genevieve-de-Batiscan, Canada) and Alexei Mikhailov (Bromont, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle has: a frame including a rollover protection struct...