ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,170, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Advanced intrusion prevention manager" was invented by Patrick Thomas Michael Klapper (Weiterstadt, Germany) and Christopher Roth (Wiesbaden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to the prevention of intrusions on an in-vehicle network."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2020, under Application No. 17/769,487.

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