ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,736, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Induction unit and label generator" was invented by Peter Klausner (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Robert E. Dixon Jr. (Haymarket, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems described herein for controlling, requesting, and coordinating the creation and generation of labels can be a label broker, providing a centralized location for storing label information created by various entities, and managing the requests for generation of physical labels coming from various sources and entities."

The patent was filed on July 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/787,508....