ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,221, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Transfer system and control method thereof" was invented by In Su Jo (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Tae Uk Park (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer system according to the present invention comprises a first travel rail including a first merging section; a second travel rail merging the first travel rail at a merging point and including a second merging section corresponding to the first merging section; a transfer/loading area defined in the second merging section and located upstream of the merging point; and a co...