ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,644, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to WALMART APOLLO LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"System and method for dynamic perishable item replenishment" was invented by Robert James Taylor (Rogers, Ark.), Leigh Ann Marie Scobey (Bentonville, Ark.), Matthew D. Alexander (Rogers, Ark.), Jeffrey Scott Cruz (Bentonville, Ark.), Lacrecia Lynn Billings (Rogers, Ark.) and Joseph Wayne Hendricks (Bentonville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for dynamic replenishment in a facility are disclosed. A mobile inventory processing device reads a machine readable tag affixed to a perishable item and transmits an indication of the perisha...