ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,207, issued on April 14, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTBILE SE & Co. KG BAMBERG (Germany).

"Systems and methods for switch control of motor vehicle latch" was invented by Sagar Chopade (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include detecting, by at least one latch status sensor, the latch being in a partially closed state and commanding, by a controller, the latch to change from the partially closed state to a fully closed state. The device may receive, from a switch disposed in the vehicle storage compartment, a command to change the latch to either an open state or the partially closed state to at least partiall...