US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 31 for "Animal interaction based vehicle configuration" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,762, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Animal interaction based vehicle configuration" was invented by Matthew Marston Blunt (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Jonathan David Salerno (Newport, Calif.), Mary Elizabeth Mossey (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Aaron Weast (Battle Ground, Wash.), Anton Alferness (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Erik Robert Glaser (San Mateo, Calif.) and Kaitlyn Benoit (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments may provide a method for improving a vehicle's accessibility. A digital tag may be associated with the vehicle. Signals from the digital tag may be received....