ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,560, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LIIKENNEVIRTA OY / VIRTA LTD (Helsinki).

"Method to configure electric vehicle charging station to enable plug and charge function" was invented by Jussi Ahtikari (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various example embodiments relate to configuration of electric vehicle charging stations and charging station management systems such that authorization without user interaction may be enabled in response to a plugged-in electric vehicle. A computing device, a method, a computer-readable medium and a computer program are disclosed."

The patent was filed on April 6, 2023, under Application N...