ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,425, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Motogo LLC (Austin, Texas).

"System and method for conditional delivery of a transport container" was invented by Yuan-Chang Lo (Snoqualmie, Wash.), Roy William Stedman (Austin, Texas) and David Brian Ruth (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a transport container, a delivery management server, and a delivery vehicle. The transport container includes a secure space for holding an item. The delivery management server includes a delivery platform communication interface, a condition detection interface, a rules engine, and a transmission system. The delivery platform ...