ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,751, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Baggage collection systems and methods" was invented by Yadhu Kumar Hosahalli Lingaiah (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of manufacture can include a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the processor and through a first scanner, a plurality of unique identifiers for a plurality of bags; receiving, by the processor through a second scanner, a first unique identifier fo...