U.S. Patent 8140358 was awarded to Progressive Casualty Insurance Company on 2012-03-20 and describes a “Vehicle monitoring system.” This patent has been cited 266 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative it methods for management patents in the field of electrical engineering. The abstract states:

A data logging device tracks the operation of a vehicle or driver actions. The device includes a storage device, which may be removable or portable, having a first memory portion that may be read from and may be written to in a vehicle and a second memory portion that may be read from and may be written to in the vehicle. The second memory portion may retain data attributes associated with the data stored in the first removable storage device. A processor reads data from an automotive bus that transfers data from vehicle sensors to other automotive components. The processor writes data to the first memory portion and the second memory portion that reflect a level of risk or safety. A communication device links the storage device to a network of computers. The communication device may be accessible through software that allows a user to access files related to a level of risk or safety and other software that may be related to those files. Link: U.S. Patent 8140358

This patent was originally filed on 2008-06-03 which gives it a processing time of 1386 days, compared to an average processing time of 1470 in the field. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company has 23 total patents. The first named inventor is Robert John McMillan of Divide, CO. The assistant examiner was Robert Niquette.

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