ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,605, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Teliiport Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for automated inventory control and replenishment of depleted goods" was invented by Radha Nandula (San Jose, Calif.) and Anil Lakshmi Narasimha Telikepalli (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for carrying out automated inventory control by automatically sensing product levels in-situ, and automatically ordering new product when product levels are determined to be excessively low. Sensor modules may be placed under, over, or near products such as consumer goods, to continuously detect their levels as they...