ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,044, issued on May 13, was assigned to Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Ltd. (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong).

"Baggage management system and a method for baggage management" was invented by Ka Lun Fan (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong) and Chung Hang Leung (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baggage management system includes: a storage rack including a plurality of receptacles shaped and structured to retain one or more baggage items; a baggage transportation system including a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) configured to transport one or more baggage items between a pick up point, a drop off point, an...