ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,553, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Transport vehicle management method" was invented by Tae In Kim (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea), Hyun Joon Yoon (Asan-si, South Korea) and Tae Uk Park (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport vehicle management method includes self-testing a transport vehicle to determine whether there is an abnormality in the transport vehicle, checking whether the transport vehicle is capable of self-correcting the abnormality when the abnormality is detected in the transport vehicle, and self-correcting the abnormality when the transport vehicle is ...