US Patent Issued to FAST RETAILING on Sept. 9 for "Gate apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,439, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FAST RETAILING Co. LTD. (Yamaguchi, Japan).

"Gate apparatus" was invented by Muneharu Yajima (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a gate apparatus through which a user can efficiently pass.A gate apparatus is communicatively connected to an information processing apparatus including a first reading unit that reads a store leaving code to acquire first identification information for individually identifying a product for which a payment process has been completed. The gate apparatus includes a pair of side wall portions that are disposed to face each other with a passage ...