ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,840, issued on Feb. 3, 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.), Akhil Kanna Devarashetti (Amherst, N.Y.), Margaret Donnelly (Buffalo, N.Y.), Livio Forte III (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.), William Giegerich (Buffalo, N.Y.), Frank Pollina (Pendleton, N.Y.) and Philip Schneider (Amherst, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for inspecting undercarriages of vehicles. Some embodiments provide a vehicle undercarriage inspection system. The vehicle undercarriage inspection system may include a base havi...