ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,716, issued on July 14, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Logistics system for the automatic transfer of at least one fluid medium" was invented by Ralf Bihl (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Thorsten Bieker (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Simon Fernando Magnus Callau Monje (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Manuel Simgen (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Holger Schmiers (Gruenstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a logistics system and a method for the automatic transshipment of at least one fluid medium. The logistics system includes at least one transshipment site, wherein t...