US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Automated transporter fleet control in order fulfillment facilities" (California, Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,739, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Automated transporter fleet control in order fulfillment facilities" was invented by Derek King (Seattle), Sarah Elliott (San Jose, Calif.), Steffen Fuchs (San Jose, Calif.), Charles Raimbert (San Diego), David J. Robson (San Jose, Calif.), Steve Hunt (Port Hueneme, Calif.), Brendan Clune (Longmont, Colo.), Paul Villers (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Jenna Guergah (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Annelise Pruitt (San Jose, Calif.) and Melonee Wise (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: obtaining a batch of item group definitions, each ite...