ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,502, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to GROUND EFFECTS LTD. (Windsor, Canada).

"System and method of applying a coating to a vehicle" was invented by Benjamin William Dollar (Windsor, Canada), Michael Scott Boyko (Amherstburg, Canada), Robert William Scott (Windsor, Canada) and Bradley John Pattison (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of applying a coating to a vehicle in sequence with vehicle manufacture is disclosed. The vehicle may be inspected and/or logged into inventory. The vehicle may be electronically recorded into inventory using a computerized data acquisition and/or process control system. ...