US Patent Issued to The Laundry Chute on Feb. 10 for "Access authentication and/or item process management using identification codes" (Pennsylvania, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,981, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Laundry Chute LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Access authentication and/or item process management using identification codes" was invented by James Andrew Janis (Pittsburgh), David Dwane Conklin (Washington, Pa.) and Robert Alan Young (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems using unique item identifiers and a wireless device to (a) authenticate authorization to take possession of an item and (b) specifying and/or tracking service processing of the item."

The patent was filed on Feb. 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/587,277.

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