ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,003, issued on March 4, was assigned to Quadient Technologies France (Bagneux, France).
"Automatic parcel delivery via machine-readable code" was invented by Vaughn Rhodes (Pleasant Grove, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated computerized parcel locker system is provided, which includes multiple lockers in a common housing, each having one or more sensors that indicate whether an item is present in the locker, the status of the locker door, and the like. Systems and processes for efficient delivery of multiple parcels in a single package manifest are provided, which allow the system to instruct a courier to deliver each p...