ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,841, issued on March 17, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Method and system for indicating vehicle operating conditions on a graphical user interface with graph-axis control" was invented by Joseph R. Grammatico (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.), Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.) and Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes writing vehicle data parameters (VDPs) into a memory in order of a vehicle outputting the VDPs. The method also includes displaying a first view of a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display. The GUI includes on...