ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,180, issued on May 27, was assigned to AEGIS SORTATION LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"System and method for automated sortation" was invented by Anthony J. Young (Louisville, Ky.), Jeffrey Paul Henley (Louisville, Ky.), Kevin Raney (Louisville, Ky.), Robert Browder (Louisville, Ky.), Marvin Gregory Whitlock (Louisville, Ky.), Scott Crance (Louisville, Ky.), Ken Ice (Louisville, Ky.), Michael Karaglanis (Louisville, Ky.), Brian Yount (Louisville, Ky.), Barry Sweatt (Louisville, Ky.), Thomas M. Phillips (Louisville, Ky.) and Logan Young (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method are provided where parcels or packages ar...