ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,945, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Kodiak Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Method for remote stop of a vehicle" was invented by Joseph Gagliano (Santa Clara, Calif.), Albert Norman Moser (Mountain View, Calif.), Alistair Marek Dobke (Mountain View, Calif.) and Court Scott Hinricher (Pacifica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for remotely stopping a vehicle configured to operate autonomously or semi-autonomously. The method includes providing an electromechanical remote stop system, applying a control signal to the vehicle with the electromechanical remote stop system, and observing an errant behavior of the ...