ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,355, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corp. (Tokyo).

"Self-checkout alert reduction based on packaging detection" was invented by Paul Wilson (Cary, N.C.), Tong Yu (Cary, N.C.), Duane Miller (Wake Forest, N.C.), Timothy Crockett (Raleigh, N.C.), Jose Figueroa (Knightdale, N.C.), Craig Compton (Wake Forest, N.C.), Paul Kokkelenberg (Holly Springs, N.C.), Scott Graham (Oxford, N.C.), Suzanne Bleakley (Cary, N.C.), John Hibbard (Apex, N.C.), Charles Kurtz (Jacksonville, Fla.), Craig Turner (Raleigh, N.C.), Edna Novido (Morrisville, N.C.), Ashley Trimpey (Mebane, N.C.), D Williams (Raleigh, N.C.) and Sally Ierston (Raleigh, N.C.).

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