ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,125, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Smart device application with customizable tunes for active valve control" was invented by Everet Owen Ericksen (Woodland, Calif.), Evan Peterson (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Nobuhiko Negishi (Santa Cruz, Calif.), James T. Pickett (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Andrew Diao (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Mike Fraguglia (Meadow Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The proc...