ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,135, issued on March 24, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for light detection and ranging (LIDAR) based generation of a homeowners insurance quote" was invented by Nicholas Carmelo Marotta (Scottsdale, Ariz.), J D Johnson Willingham (Phoenix), Stacee Madsen (Mesa, Ariz.), Jared Wheet (Mesa, Ariz.), Laura A. Uphoff (Normal, Ill.), Paul Bates (Mesa, Ariz.), Austin Rowley (Mesa, Ariz.) and Michael Scott Harrison (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR). In some embodiments, a homeowners i...