US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Sept. 2 for "Auto filing of insurance claim via connected car" (Texas, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,309, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Auto filing of insurance claim via connected car" was invented by Lars Plougmann (Austin, Texas), Sumita T. Jonak (San Antonio), Ross Andrew Thiele (San Antonio), Chris Clark (San Antonio), Joshua Hiram Gutierrez (Pearland, Texas), Felix Gutierrez (San Antonio), Dallin C. Wilcox (San Antonio), Will Kerns Maney Jr. (New York City, N.Y.), Michael P Bueche Jr. (San Antonio) and Remington Luke Williams (Bulverde, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle connected to an insurance provider includes: a sensor configured to collect sen...