ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,337, issued on June 30, was assigned to 42DOT INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for generating a driving route based on origin-destination relationship" was invented by Ji Seong Kim (Yongin, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for generating an efficient driving route for a transportation vehicle providing a personal mobility service is disclosed. A transportation vehicle may be a car, truck, bicycle, motorcycle, or the like that transport a payload. A payload may be a person or a product being transported by the vehicle. The personal mobility service broadly refers a service that enables use...