US Patent Issued to INNOVA ELECTRONICS on Sept. 1 for "Smart OBD scanner with automated DTC prioritization and resolution" (Null, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,459, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to INNOVA ELECTRONICS Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Smart OBD scanner with automated DTC prioritization and resolution" was invented by Thuan Cong Huynh (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam), Phuong Pham (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Keith Andreasen (Garden Grove, Calif.) and Hien Thu Pham (Hai Duong, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle on-board diagnostics tester provides a listing of fixes for multiple, concurrent vehicle issues in a prioritized order to address critical needs first and avoid missed problems or creation of new problems. The tester reads Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) from a vehicl...