ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,188, issued on May 27, was assigned to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Ltd. (Mumbai, China).

"Apparatus for organized loading, and unloading of objects" was invented by Mohan Bhaskara (Bangalore, India), Mahesha Gunmi (Bangalore, India), Ullas Chennabettu Keshava (Bangalore, India), Babu Unnikrishnan (Chennai, India), Mahesh Mittalakatte Chikkappa (Bangalore, India) and Sridhar Jayaraman (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conventionally, most equipment manipulating object have been huge with rotatable pivot platforms, multiple roller conveyors, telescopic boom conveyors, hydraulic cranes, etc. These systems may have higher life...