ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,290, issued on April 14, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Data saving method, data saving system, and non-volatile storage medium recording data saving program" was invented by Ichiro Yamane (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data saving method includes: detecting a predetermined sign of turning on of an ignition power supply in a vehicle performing a saving process of saving data in a storage apparatus; and stopping the saving process before the turning on of the ignition power supply when the predetermined sign is detected."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2024, under Applicat...