ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,497, issued on June 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"System consisting of a motor vehicle and a mobile electronic device for a drive operation which is automated under certain conditions, and operating method" was invented by Mathias Doell (Unterschleissheim, Germany), Ivo Nikolov (Munich), Stefan Pilz (Putzbrunn, Germany), Christoph Resch (Obernzell, Germany) and Jakob Reuter (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a motor vehicle and a mobile electronic device having a display device which can be used by a vehicle occupant. The motor vehicle has an assistance system for a drive operation wh...