ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,434, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE (Bagneux, France).

"Parcel locker bank system with improved autonomous clusters of compartments" was invented by Christophe Cubilier (Le Kremlin Bicetre, France) and Arnaud Yvoz (Taillades, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locker system for parcel deposit and pick-up, comprising a parcel locker bank constituted of at least one autonomous compartments cluster including at least one compartment equipped with a door and including a locking module, which electronically controls locking and unlocking of the door, and a mobile device configured to establish a local...