ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,019, issued on March 3, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Container device and delivery systems for using the same" was invented by Rohit Thomas Aggarwala (New York), Sandra Rothbard (New York), Corinna Li (Toronto), Willa Ng (New York), Jiten Manglani (New York), Landry Doyle Wiese (New York) and Nerissa Moray (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Container devices and delivery systems for using the same are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for delivering packages is provided that includes: receiving, at a delivery hub, a first package to be delivered...