ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,517, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Vehicle guidance system and method for automated starting of a vehicle" was invented by Bartono Adiprasito (Tiefenbach, Germany), Helena Dolinaj (Munich), Maximilian Guenther (Munich), Frank Herchet (Neufahrn b. Freising, Germany), Martin Jaensch (Munich), Markus Kraemer (Dachau, Germany), Julius Schulz (Munich) and Muhammed Yildiz (Kirchseeon, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle guidance system provides a driving function for automated longitudinal guidance of a vehicle. The vehicle guidance system is designed to determine that the vehicle ...