ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,637, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Innova Electronics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Vehicle diagnostic method based on mode $06 and in-use monitor performance ratio data" was invented by Phuong Pham (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Keith Andreasen (Garden Grove, Calif.), Danh Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam), Thuan Huynh (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam) and Ly Bach (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive diagnostic method aimed at focusing diagnostic data retrieval and analysis on a possible fault condition includes receiving vehicle data from a vehicle at a data acquisition and transfer device (DAT) and ana...