ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,878, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Seat for a vehicle" was invented by Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco), Eugene Whang (San Francisco), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco), Anthony Ashcroft (San Francisco), Suhang Zhou (San Francisco), Benoit Louzaouen (San Francisco), Jemima Kiss (San Francisco), Christopher Wilson (San Francisco), Wan Si Wan (San Francisco), Biotz Natera (San Francisco), James Mcgrath (San Francisco), Roger Guyett (San Francisco), Joseph Luxton (San Francisco), Michael Matas (San Francisco), Patrick Kessler (San Francisco), Patrizio Moruzzi (Modena, Italy), Luca Dusini (Modena, Italy) and Marcello Pergola (Modena, Italy).

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