ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. D1,097,663, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Checkout station" was invented by Darrell Whitelaw (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), John C. Crecelius Jr. (Springdale, Ark.), Andrew J. Grignon (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Stephen S. Hadinger (Berkeley, Calif.), Jae Y. Lew (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Brittany N. Leek (Waterford, Mich.).

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2023, under Application No. D/883,601.

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