ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,478, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to All Terminal Services LLC (Westmont, Ill.).

"System for identifying, tracking, controlling, and/or optimizing stacked shipping assets in an inventory management facility and related methods" was invented by Mark D. Mills (Land O Lakes, Fla.), Christopher Alexander (Tarpon Springs, Fla.), Artem Igorevich Davtyan (New Port Richey, Fla.), Charles-Alexandre Kodjo Diop (Chicago), Adonis Alfredo Fernandez Reyes (Tampa, Fla.), Matthew Michael McDermott (Weeki Wachee, Fla.), Jorge A. Perez Rincon (Tampa, Fla.) and Jeffery Thompson Jr. (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control syste...