ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,509, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Method and system for servicing a vehicle using a test set" was invented by Patrick S. Merg (Hollister, Calif.), Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.), Jacob G. Foreman (Hollister, Calif.), Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.), Brett A. Kelley (San Jose, Calif.), Joseph R. Grammatico (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Bradley R. Lewis (Gilroy, Calif.), Thomas J. Ward (Old Mill Creek, Ill.) and Damien J. Coleman (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing test set. After determining the test set and a vehicle identifier, a processor of a co...