ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,553, issued on June 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Big-data-based battery diagnostic system and control method therefor" was invented by Hyun Jun Jang (Daegu, South Korea), Byung Soo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Woo Sung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Shin Yi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a big-data-based battery diagnostic system that includes a first vehicle having a first battery module disposed therein, a battery data server having a processor configured to collect first state information related to the first battery...