ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,986, issued on June 3, was assigned to ChargeItSpot LLC (Philadelphia).

"System and method for providing interconnected and secure mobile device charging stations" was invented by Douglas Baldasare (Philadelphia), Sheri Tate (Philadelphia), Robert Kay (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Jeffrey Bergeland (Philadelphia), David Andreasen (Menahga, Minn.), Saran Singh Sound (Boca Raton, Fla.), Michael Weinberg (Philadelphia), Ashwin Muthiah (Marietta, Ga.), Omkar Borse (Philadelphia), Jake Brigham (Philadelphia) and Charles Williams (Cornwall, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for charging a plurality of worker devices for use by a plurality...