UPS was granted a patent for predictive vehicle maintenance.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T17:25:49+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "UPS",
    "domain": "ups.com"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 UPS patented a system for monitoring delivery-vehicle health and scheduling component replacements before breakdowns occur.",
    "summary": "UPS was granted a patent for predictive vehicle maintenance.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "inventors": [
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        "name": "Philip Aiello",
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        "name": "Ralph Gallagher",
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    "grant_date": "2026-09-29",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12749354",
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    "patent_title": "Systems and methods for monitoring vehicle diagnostics",
    "patent_number": "US12749354",
    "uspto_assignee": "United Parcel Service of America, Inc.",
    "patent_abstract": "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 based on the sensor-generated data, and to compare the telematics data signature against a reference data signature to ascertain the relative health of the vehicle component. If the telematics data signature satisfies a failure threshold identified within the reference signature, the computing entity initiates a replacement process at least in part by generating an alert for a maintenance personnel.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A system that analyzes sensor readings from vehicle parts, compares their patterns with healthy reference patterns, and flags likely failures early.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "vehicle telematics",
      "predictive maintenance",
      "vehicle diagnostics",
      "sensor monitoring"
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"ups.com","limit":20}'