ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,493, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Method, apparatus, and computer program product for secure facilitation of package transfer" was invented by Matthew N. Wheeler (Charlotte, N.C.), Carrie Anne Hanson (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph de Bruin Tennis (Charlotte, N.C.) and William J. Bailey (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for securely facilitating a package transfer between parties. An example method includes receiving a package offer indication and providing a control signal to a storage locker compartment o...