ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,735, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods of prioritizing temperature control" was invented by Clay Anton Jarzombek (Los Angeles), Ajay Panekkad (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Graham Lloyd Feltham (Irvine, Calif.), Michael Goertz (Belmont, Calif.) and Aldrin Lenus Saldanha (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for prioritization temperature control within a vehicle are provided. A system can detect occupancy of a cabin of a vehicle in a first time interval. The system can determine, based on the occupancy, a climate control prioritization for the cabin a...