ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,032, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method, device, and system for charging/discharging electric vehicle" was invented by Young Soo Dow (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for charging/discharging an electric vehicle. The method includes determining whether the electric vehicle has passed a power grid border during travel, transmitting information on a current travel path and information on a currently set area code to a server in response to a determination that the electric vehicle has passed the power grid border, receiving an area code update...