ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,317, issued on June 23.

"Robotic receiving and dispersement system" was invented by Kenneth C. Miller (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiving and disbursement system is provided for the receipt of items from fulfillment centers, retail locations, or homes to a designated location, securing the delivered items from theft, or inserting the delivered items directly into a building or building automation system. The receiving and disbursement system is further able to reverse the process in order to automatically retrieve items back from the delivery location to return items to retail locations, homes, businesses, fulfi...