ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,320, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to James Kenneth Ivarson (Calgary, Canada).

"System for receiving delivery items and method therefor" was invented by James Kenneth Ivarson (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parcel-lock system and methods for securely receiving delivery items or parcels. The system has an electronically controllable parcel-lock on a door of an enclosure. The parcel lock stores one or more unlocking codes such as QR codes or barcodes. When the parcel lock receives an access code matching one of the unlocking codes, the parcel lock unlocks the door to allow the deposition of the delivery items, and s...