ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,552, issued on July 22, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Pneumatic transport system landing device" was invented by Sean Pifferi (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a landing device is configured to be disposed within a container receptacle of a pneumatic transport system, the landing device comprising: a landing platform defining a landing surface for a container of the pneumatic transport system, the landing platform comprising: a first material configured to at least partially deform in response to the container impacting the landing surface; and a second material disposed over...