ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,686, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MW POS Inc. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for positional license plate character sequence identification in vehicle service facilities" was invented by Nathan Alan Harris (Washington), Joshua Richard Dotson (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), James Hodges McAliley (Charleston, S.C.), Aaron Mykal Clint (Stewartsville, Mont.) and Jonathan David Hester (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technical solutions are directed to a system including one or more processors, coupled with memory. The one or more processors can maintain a plurality of vehicle profiles for a plurality of vehicles. The...