ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,088, issued on July 8, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Rear seating for utility vehicle" was invented by Boris Rubanovich (Oak Grove, Minn.) and Aaron D. Deckard (Zionsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a frame and a plurality of seats supported by the frame including at least one front seat and at least one rear seat. The at least one rear seat includes a seat back and a seat base, the seat back and the seat base being moveable between a lowered position and a raised position. The raised position is defined by the seat back and the seat base of the at least one rear seat being posi...