ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,425, issued on June 24, was assigned to ecoATM LLC (San Diego).
"Kiosk for recycling electronic devices" was invented by Mark Vincent Bowles (San Diego), Thomas L. Tullie (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), John Andrew Beane (San Diego), Jeff Ploetner (San Diego), John Miller (San Diego) and Neil Vesco (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of an electronic device such as a mobile phone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes electrical connectors and an inspection area with an upper chamber, a lower chamber, a transparent plate and at least one camera in o...