Repairify , Inc., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, today announced it has signed a global agreement with Launch Tech Co., Ltd., a global supplier of automotive diagnostic tools and solutions. The agreement licenses Repairify patents to Launch while also establishing Repairify as its preferred service provider. The agreement enables Repairify to add Launch’s […]
AirPro Diagnostics Receives Patent for Auggie ADAS Calibration System
AirPro Diagnostics announced the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has approved the company’s ADAS calibration technology, Auggie, for patent protection. Auggie performs forward facing camera (FFC) ADAS calibrations. It is completely mobile and does not require sophisticated measuring or a highly skilled technician at the shop. Auggie eliminates traditional calibration space and lighting […]
Repairify Receives Patent for System to Select Correct OEM and Aftermarket Diagnostic Tools Using VIN
Repairify, Inc., the parent of asTech, announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded Repairify patent serial no. 16/202,642 for remote automotive diagnostics. The patent recognizes aspects of Repairify’s technology, including systems and methods that allow technicians to use a mobile device to read a vehicle’s identification number (VIN), transmit the VIN […]
IAA Awarded Patent for System and Method of Auction Management
IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA) announced it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUCTION MANAGEMENT.” The patent contains 20 claims that protect and recognize the innovations developed by IAA for the company’s AuctionNow platform, which allows online auction participants to monitor and bid in […]
Opus IVS Awarded Patent for Pass-Thru Remote Diagnostic System
Opus IVS announced it has just been awarded patent 10,719,813 for a pass-thru remote diagnostic system. This invention was created by Bluelink, that acquired by Opus IVS in 2019, with a patent priority date of September 2010. “Simply having access to scan tools and software in today’s service bay is no longer enough. Efficient delivery […]
3M and sia Abrasives Settle Patent Infringement Disputes
3M Company, 3M Deutschland GmbH, 3M Innovative Properties Company, sia Abrasives Deutschland GmbH and sia Abrasives Industries AG have settled patent infringement lawsuits brought by 3M in the District Court of Mannheim in Germany and the Federal Patent Court in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Robert Bosch GmbH has withdrawn its related opposition to 3M’s patent […]
AkzoNobel’s Carbeat Collision Repair Workflow Solution Receives U.S. Patent
Carbeat, AkzoNobel’s digital body shop workflow control solution that enables automotive body repair shops to track their work in production and thus operate more efficiently, has been awarded an industry patent. United States Patent No. 10,289,101 protects the system’s intellectual property. The U.S. Patent Office found the Carbeat system inventive based on several features, including […]
AirPro Files for Digitized ADAS Targets Patent
AirPro Diagnostics announced today that it has filed for patent protection on a new product that brings Cognitive Augmented Reality (CAR) to present digitized calibration targets to vehicles requiring ADAS calibrations. Nicknamed “Project Auggie,” CAR Targets, will dramatically reduce the expense to repair facilities and consumers in need of safe and reliable ADAS calibrations. The […]
AirPro Diagnostics Receives Notice of Allowance on Patent from U.S. Patent Office
AirPro Diagnostics announced it has received a “Notice of Allowance” from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. Patent Application No. 14/849,084, for its process to remotely program vehicles across the internet utilizing vehicle manufacturer (OEM) software. “We are proud to receive recognition from the federal government and its examiner for official […]