ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,652, issued on April 14, was assigned to CHEWY INC. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for controlling and optimizing order fulfillment from a network of fulfillment centers" was invented by Matthew Graham (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Branislav Cobanov (Aventura, Fla.) and Brian Rakitin (Weston, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of controlling order fulfillment from a network of fulfillment centers are provided. The method includes receiving a batch of orders defined by either a threshold number of orders received or a predetermined period of time after a first order is received. The method also includes asse...