ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,891, issued on April 22, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Asset return technology" was invented by Juan Perez (Milton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more identifiers are received based on an electronic scan of computer-readable indicia. The computer-readable indicia being coupled to an asset. The asset is associated with one or more shipping operations. Based at least in part on the one or more identifiers, it is determined that the asset is requested for return. Based at least in part on the one or more identifiers, a shipping label corresponding to a destination location for the asset to ...