ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,115, issued on April 7, was assigned to ACV Auctions Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Systems and techniques for vehicle inspection and condition analysis" was invented by Mark Brighton (Buffalo, N.Y.), Margaret Donnelly (Buffalo, N.Y.), Livio Forte III (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.), William Giegerich (Buffalo, N.Y.), Frank Pollina (Pendleton, N.Y.), Philip Schneider (Amherst, N.Y.), Prajwal Shubhodaya Shetty (Buffalo, N.Y.), Justas Birgiolas (Milton, Vt.), Stephen Christopher Hull (Bushnell, Fla.) and Akhil Kanna Devarashetti (Amherst, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for inspecting vehicles, such as cars or trucks. Some embo...