ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,553, issued on June 17, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Vehicle fascia comprising actuated reflectors" was invented by Reginaldo Alves De Almeida (Foster City, Calif.), Pratik Bansal (Redwood City, Calif.), Roberto Dlacic (Foster City, Calif.), Anthony Earl (Witney, Great Britain), Christopher Lawrence Jackson (Wakefield, Mass.), Da Liu (Milpitas, Calif.), Carter William McEathron (Mountain View, Calif.), Ryan William McGaughey (San Mateo, Calif.), Fabricio Cesar Oda (Dublin, Calif.), Amanda Brown Prescott (Oviedo, Fla.) and Jesse Ian Walker (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may comprise a...