ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,772, issued on July 15, was assigned to Opus IVS Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Adaptive vehicle diagnostic system and method" was invented by Brian J. Herron (Dexter, Mich.), Robert A. Augustine (Ventura, Calif.), Michael D. Jurmo (Canton, Mich.) and Robert Russell (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of diagnosing a vehicle with a vehicle diagnostic system that is configured to scan an electrical system of a vehicle for error codes. The vehicle diagnostic system is operatively connected with the electrical system of a vehicle via a diagnostic port of the vehicle, with the vehicle diagnostic system determinin...