ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,699, issued on March 25, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Method and system for test driving mobile machine" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.), Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.), Jacob G. Foreman (Hollister, Calif.), Kahlil H. Cacabelos (San Jose, Calif.), Joseph R. Grammatico (San Jose, Calif.), Brett A. Kelley (San Jose, Calif.) and Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a test drive script (TDS) to perform while a tool monitors an electronic system in a mobile machine during a test drive of the mobile machine. The TDS includes a...