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Patent portfolioRoss D. Blankenship
30filings
30 U.S. patent filings: 1 issued, 29 pending
U.S. Patent 12,741,586, Vehicular Backup Safety System, issued September 22, 2026. The other 29 applications are pending.
Source
USPTO issued patent and filing records, as listed on rossblankenship.com/patents/
Grouped by subject as a reading aid, not an official classification. 29 of the 30 filings appear below. The 2024 application on anonymous real-time customer feedback fits none of these groups.
Ross D. Blankenship, "Patent portfolio: 30 U.S. filings, 1 issued," rossblankenship.com/data/#patents, November 6, 2026, CC BY 4.0.
EV charging desertsChargingNear.me
1,307of 3,144 counties
1,307 of 3,144 U.S. counties are EV charging deserts
That is 41.6% of counties, home to about 23.3 million people. A county is flagged when it has no public DC fast charger or fewer than one public charging port per 10,000 residents. Counties with no public DC fast charger at all are a smaller set: 1,228, home to about 19.1 million. Texas has 121 of its 254 counties flagged; North Dakota has 41 of 53.
Source
ChargingNear.me, EV charging access by U.S. county, version 2
ChargingNear.me, "EV charging access by U.S. county," US EV Charging Open Data, version 2, November 6, 2026, https://chargingnear.me/data#us-county-charging-access, CC BY 4.0.
NACS plugsChargingNear.me
1,923non-Tesla fast stations
1,923 non-Tesla DC fast charging stations have a NACS plug
ChargePoint has the most, 741. California leads the states with 414. Each row is an open public DC fast station off Tesla's network with a NACS (SAE J3400) plug.
Source
ChargingNear.me, Non-Tesla DC fast chargers with NACS (J3400) plugs, version 2 (AFDC station facts)
ChargingNear.me, "Non-Tesla DC fast chargers with NACS (J3400) plugs," US EV Charging Open Data, version 2, November 6, 2026, https://chargingnear.me/data#us-nacs-fast-chargers, CC BY 4.0.
Parking ticket finesPark Graph
$101SF expired meter
San Francisco charges $101 for an expired meter in its Downtown Core
Outside the Downtown Core the fine is $92. Some cities set more than one expired-meter fine by zone, so there is no single figure per city; across the 39 expired-meter fines published by 30 of the 50 largest cities, the median is $42. Jacksonville's is lowest at $15. Portland charges $155 for a hydrant; Arlington, Texas charges $645 for a disabled space. In 9 cities a late penalty can equal or exceed the fine; Omaha adds $20 to a $16 ticket, 125%.
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Park Graph, U.S. parking ticket fines by city (official city fine schedules)
Park Graph, "U.S. Parking Ticket Fines by City," November 6, 2026, https://huggingface.co/datasets/winsparking/us-parking-ticket-fines-by-city, CC BY 4.0.
Airport parkingWins Parking
$60a day, LAX garage
LAX terminal parking costs $60 a day, the most of the 50 busiest airports
The median terminal garage is $30 a day and the median economy lot is $15. The cheapest economy lots are $9, at Columbus, Indianapolis and Kansas City.
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Wins Parking, U.S. Airport Parking Rates: the 50 Busiest Airports (airport parking pages)
Park Graph, "U.S. City Parking Meter Rates: the 50 Largest Cities," November 5, 2026, https://parkgraph.com/data/us-city-parking-meter-rates, CC BY 4.0.
Parking app feesPark Graph
$0.35median per session
The median pay-by-phone parking fee is $0.35 a session
The figure covers 312 places in 43 states and DC. The highest flat fee is $0.70, in Anchorage.
Source
Park Graph, U.S. Parking App Convenience Fees (provider and city pages)