ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,754, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Method of operation for a fleet of vehicles" was invented by Christopher T. Judson (North Branch, Minn.), Christopher J. Hurd (Hugo, Minn.), Amber P. Malone (Blaine, Minn.), Scott D. Taylor (Blaine, Minn.), John CB Stockman (Excelsior, Minn.), Steven M. Schiebel (Osceola, Wis.) and Brent A. Erspamer (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a fleet of vehicles is provided comprising receiving, from a first vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, first vehicle state information comprising a location of the first vehicle and receiving...