ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,937, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Private charging station availability system and method thereof" was invented by Geethanjali Anand (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to electric vehicle supply equipment. More particularly, this disclosure describes a private charging station availability system that allows home owners or apartment dwellers to loan or rent out their idle station. Through this system, an owner of the private charging station may define special criteria for use of their charger. In one illustrative embodiment, after receiving a request for availa...