ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,422, issued on March 24, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods of configuring vehicle service tools associated with display device based on operating condition of vehicle" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.), Jacob G. Foreman (Hollister, Calif.), Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.), Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.) and Kahlil H. Cacabelos (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for augmenting measurements with automotive repair information are described herein. A method may include a server storing a plurality of service scenarios defined for at...