ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,856, issued on July 22, was assigned to Outrider Technologies Inc. (Brighton, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for automated operation and handling of autonomous trucks and trailers hauled thereby" was invented by Andrew F. Smith (Bend, Ore.), Lawrence S. Klein (Bend, Ore.), Stephen A. Langenderfer (Bend, Ore.), Martin E. Sotola (Boulder, Colo.), Vikas Bahl (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Mark H. Rosenblum (Denver), Peter James (Denver), Dale Dee Rowley (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Matthew S. Johannes (Arvada, Colo.), Gary Michael Seminara (Golden, Colo.) and Jeremy M. Nett (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ...