ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,258, issued on July 1, was assigned to SIGNIFI SOLUTIONS INC. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Automatic asset management system" was invented by Jaime Arturo Gonzalez (Markham, Canada), Emil Jose Rodriguez Osorio (Etobicoke, Canada), Yong Suk Jin (Oakville, Canada) and Shamira Jaffer (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a device for automatic asset management as well as a method for dispensing items from said automatic asset management device. The device comprises an enclosure, a shelving unit within the enclosure configured to store at least one item, a delivery hatch on the enclosure configured to allow acce...