US Patent Issued to Berkshire Grey Operating on April 22 for "Systems and methods for providing order fulfillment using a spiral tower system" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,948, issued on April 22, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for providing order fulfillment using a spiral tower system" was invented by Prasanna Velagapudi (Pittsburgh), Joseph Romano (Arlington, Mass.), Christopher Geyer (Arlington, Mass.), Guoming Alex Long (Wexford, Pa.), Thomas Allen (Reading, Mass.) and Christopher Buck (Stow, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects is disclosed that includes a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed, the plurality of bins being provided on a conveyance system, a pro...