ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,354, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for monitoring vehicle diagnostics" was invented by Philip Aiello (Milton, Ga.) and Ralph Gallagher (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide prognostic vehicle diagnosis methodologies for monitoring the relative health of various vehicle components over time, to enable replacement of those vehicle components prior to component failure. Sensors monitoring those vehicle components transmit generated telematics data to a computing entity configured to generate a telematics data signature base...