ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,904, issued on March 11, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc..

"Reader device technology for determining that an assets is loaded to the assigned logistics vehicle" was invented by Jethro Bonafe (Atlanta), Christopher Azar (Atlanta), Dennis Bautista (Atlanta), Vincent Pizzuto (Atlanta) and Derek Uber (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a first tag is associated with a first parcel that is to be delivered. A data structure is accessed that indicates that the first parcel is assigned to be placed in a first logistics vehicle of a plurality of logistics vehicles. An indication is received th...