US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for distribution item processing" (Arizona, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,706, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Systems and methods for distribution item processing" was invented by Peter Jay Klausner (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Robert E. Dixon Jr. (Haymarket, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for universal item returns. A universal returns systems allows a user the ability to return an item via a distribution network whether the item was purchased at a retail location, delivered by the distribution network, or delivered by another entity. The universal returns system comprises a user interface a return request. Based on the return request, t...