ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,501, issued on May 12, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).

"Delivery system, delivery method, and automatic transfer device" was invented by Koji Kawaguchi (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for delivering an article includes: an automatic transfer device configured to automatically move the article in a specific space; a standby space where the automatic transfer device is on standby is provided in the specific space; and a cleaning device disposed in the standby space. The automatic transfer device includes a detection section configured to detect surroundings, a drive section, and a control sec...