US Patent Issued to Symbotic on July 29 for "High density micro fulfillment center "HD-MFC" with nightly G2P storage batch pick replenishment from store floor and method of operating same" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,775, issued on July 29, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).

"High density micro fulfillment center "HD-MFC" with nightly G2P storage batch pick replenishment from store floor and method of operating same" was invented by John G. Lert Jr. (Wakefield, Mass.) and William J. Fosnight (Windham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-fulfillment center fulfills orders for goods including both in-store picking of goods and online ordering of goods. Orders are fulfilled using both a picker to goods (P2G) model and an automated goods to picker (G2P) model. In examples, goods are replenished to the automated G2P system from ...