ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,873, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Joseph E. Altenor (Greenville, Pa.).

"Vehicle, filter system for same, and associated method" was invented by Joseph E. Altenor (Greenville, Pa.) and John P. Powers (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a body and a filter system. The filter system includes a device associated with the body, a processor electrically connected to the display apparatus, and a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including receive a command from an occupant of the vehicle, filter the command...