ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,348, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Chairman Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) (New Delhi).

"Article handling system" was invented by Rama Krishna Varanasi (Vishakhapatnam, India), Obla Ramanandam Nandagopan (Vishakhapatnam, India), Parikshith Mallya (Bangalore, India), Uppada Urban Kumar (Vishakhapatnam, India) and Chandru Patreyya Kulkarni (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article handling system for a naval surface warfare vessel/ship comprises a lower frame and an upper frame interconnected by a plurality of scissor lift linkages. A plurality of drive units are configured to translate an art...