US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on Sept. 16 for "Autonomously delivering items to corresponding delivery locations proximate a delivery route" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,919, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Autonomously delivering items to corresponding delivery locations proximate a delivery route" was invented by Jeffrey Cooper (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methodologies may be utilized to determine whether a particular shipment/item is eligible for delivery between a manual delivery vehicle and a final destination location via an autonomous delivery vehicle. To ensure autonomous deliveries are performed in a resource effective manner, shipments/items deemed eligible for autonomous delivery may be vetted by c...