ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,970, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL VENDING MANAGEMENT INC. (Indianapolis).

"Remote desktop support kiosk and dispenser" was invented by Jeffrey Gabonay (Noblesville, Ind.), Andrew S. Dalton (Greencastle, Ind.), James Nathan Guffey (Greencastle, Ind.), Larry M. Pitts (Fishers, Ind.), Wudneh W. Akalu (Indianapolis), David R. Sutton (Fishers, Ind.) and Tyler G. Sutton (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kiosk includes a work surface and a storage container coupled to the work surface. A hardware-control device is coupled to the kiosk to allow for remote troubleshooting of hardware at the kiosk. The sto...