ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,444, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Jackpocket LLC (Boston).

"Automated feeder system and methods of use" was invented by Peter J. Sullivan (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Eric Parker (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Thompson Bertron (Austin, Texas), Anna D. Cardinal (Austin, Texas), Redza Shah (Austin, Texas), Drew Eric Walther (Yukon, Okla.), Jason Dye (Austin, Texas) and Frank Zeiler (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic feeder system may include: an input bin configured to store at least one physical request slip; a feeder unit; and a support frame. The feeder unit may include a feed neck operable to automatically obtain a phy...