ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,015, issued on Feb. 24.

"Modular container delivery system" was invented by Pablo Gabino Zuniga (Iztapalapa, Mexico), Jose Luis Toriz Vega (Metepec, Mexico) and Diego Lopez Lerma (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular container delivery systems and methods are described herein. A modular container delivery system may be implemented to facilitate autonomous delivery of packages to customers. A modular container, as described in greater detail below, may be attached to a battery operated electric vehicle (BEV) and autonomous driving platform chassis. The container system itself contains a package sorting mechanism that ...