ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,256, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for providing vertical mobile carrier systems" was invented by Guoming Alex Long (Wexford, Pa.), Chad Karl Tobler (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Paul Joseph Guzzetti Jr. (Pittsburgh), Matthew Irwin Jones (Pittsburgh), William Woodrow Magness III (Sewickley, Pa.), Joseph Corey Michal (Beverly, Mass.) and William Farmer (Bolton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object processing system includes a vertical structure extending in a vertical direction and at least one automated mobile carrier adapted for movement with resp...