ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,070, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THE GREET INC (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for collecting container" was invented by Woo Jeong Yang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment of the present invention, a container collecting apparatus is provided. The container collecting apparatus includes: a container input unit for at least temporarily accommodating a container inserted; and a collection unit provided below the container input unit to collect the container transferred from the container input unit, wherein the container input unit includes: a holding unit on which the container is seated...