US Patent Issued to GLORY on Sept. 22 for "Commodity sales system and commodity sales method using age verification for in-store settlement" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,716, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Commodity sales system and commodity sales method using age verification for in-store settlement" was invented by Kisho Yanase (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commodity sales system for selling a specific commodity for which a purchase qualification needs to be confirmed includes: a commodity detection sensor to detect a commodity that the customer takes from a commodity shelf; a confirmation device configured to confirm the purchase qualification for the specific commodity by performing a confirmation process on a qualification certifying matter; ...