ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,359, issued on May 13, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"System for identifying simulation scenarios" was invented by Tod Cameron Semple (Woodside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques associated with categorizing simulation instances associated with simulation testing comprise categorizing simulation instances that produce unique or otherwise interesting results for further testing, review, and validation. In some cases, the system may be configured to determine low period of resource consumption and to schedule simulation testing during those periods of time."

The patent was filed on April 30, 2021, und...