ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,246, issued on March 31, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for remotely controlling a vehicle" was invented by Benno Albrecht (Holsmaden, Germany), Selina Meier (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Thomas Scheuerle (Friolzheim, Germany), Anurag Mehta (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Meike Fehse (Nersingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for remotely controlling a motor vehicle. A remote control device is provided. A transceiver device is located in the vehicle and is configured to exchange signals with the remote control device. A signal from the remote control device to the...