ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,101, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CAVH LLC (Fitchburg, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle highway systems dedicated lane management and control" was invented by Bin Ran (Fitchburg, Wis.), Shuyan He (Madison, Wis.), Yang Cheng (Middleton, Wis.), Shen Li (Madison, Wis.), Yongming He (Madison, Wis.), Tingting Gao (Madison, Wis.), Liu Yang (Madison, Wis.), Zhenlong Li (Madison, Wis.), Yuanyuan Zhang (Madison, Wis.), Ning Jin (Madison, Wis.), Yanghui Mo (Madison, Wis.) and Leyu Wei (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control...