ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,397, issued on May 6, was assigned to Intelligrated Headquarters LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Robotic order consolidation using modular actuated rotary put-wall" was invented by Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy (Pittsburgh), Matthew R. Wicks (Saint Charles, Mo.) and Darius M. Scott (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose an apparatus. The apparatus comprises a rotary put wall having a plurality of totes. The apparatus further comprises a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) placed within the rotary put wall. The internal vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) comprises a plurality of chutes to rece...