ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,201, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ground Effects LTD (Windsor, Calif.).

"System and method of applying a coating to a vehicle" was invented by Benjamin William Dollar (Windsor, Canada), Michael Scott Boyko (Amherstburg, Canada), Robert William Scott (Windsor, Canada) and Bradley John Pattison (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of applying a coating to a vehicle in sequence with vehicle manufacture is disclosed. The vehicle may be inspected and/or logged into inventory. The vehicle may be electronically recorded into inventory using a computerized data acquisition and/or process control system. T...