ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,001, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"System and method for determination of export codes" was invented by Alyssa J. Schrade (Cave Springs, Ark.), Stewart D. Lewis (Centerton, Ark.), Jevon T. Jamieson (Rogers, Ark.) and Ahalya Vikram (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The export of products from a jurisdiction is enabled by choosing export codes from a model. The electronic model comprises a branched tree defining a configuration of the export codes and selection criteria for the codes. The branched tree includes a plurality of branches and leaves. Each of the leaves includes ...