ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,458, issued on July 8, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for using an anomaly deterrent sensor within a self-service machine for dispensing physical items" was invented by Andrea M. Weisberger (Jacksonville, Fla.), Divya Ilango Arun (Concord, N.C.), Bryan King (Huntersville, N.C.), Jitesh K. Vijay (Princeton, N.J.) and Kristi A. Perry-Weaver (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for using an anomaly deterrent sensor within a self-service machine for dispensing physical items. The present disclosure...