ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,524, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Systems and methods for touchless temperature screening system" was invented by Benjamin R. Ellison (San Francisco), Eric Chad Neipling (Rogers, Ark.), Addison K. Bostian (Centerton, Ark.), Manideep Pabba (Bentonville, Ark.), Ryan J. Giovacchini (Rogers, Ark.), Alisha D. Fleshman (Centerton, Ark.) and Kipp S. Coco (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to screening a body temperature of a human. In some embodiments, there is provided a temperature screening system that s...