ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,020, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ecoATM LLC (San Diego).

"Apparatuses, systems, and methods for turning over electronic devices, and associated kiosks for use with same" was invented by Babak Forutanpour (San Diego) and Ted Ray Gooding (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of apparatuses to turn a mobile phone over in, for example, a kiosk, and associated embodiments of kiosks are disclosed herein. Embodiments of such apparatuses can enable the kiosk to visually inspect both the front and back sides of the mobile device on an inspection surface with an inspection system (e.g., one or more imaging devices,...