ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,401, issued on July 8, was assigned to KORBER SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS GMBH (Constance, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method, apparatus for data processing, and computer system for controlling a control device of a conveyor system" was invented by Michael Zettler (Allensbach, Germany), Marc Christian Weber (Munich), Daniel Hein (Munich), Clemens Otte (Munich), Martin Schall (Constance, Germany) and Frank Pfeiffer (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method, a device for data processing and a computer system for controlling a control device of a conveyor system to achieve an alignment and/or a defined spacing o...