ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,733, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Article transferring apparatus" was invented by No Jae Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article transferring apparatus includes a vehicle configured to travel along a travel rail installed on a ceiling, a vehicle main body connected to the vehicle and defining loading spaces in which articles are to be loaded, and a hoist module including a grip unit configured to grip a desired one of the articles and load and unload the articles to/from the loading spaces."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2022, under Application No. ...