ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,104, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HAND HELD PRODUCTS INC. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Automated storage system and a method thereof technological field" was invented by Quinton Eduard Theron (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage system is disclosed. The automatic storage system comprises a storage unit that comprises a pair of racks and a pair of tracks. Each rack having a plurality of shelves configured to store one or more objects, and a pair of tracks coupled, directly or indirectly, to the pair of racks. Each sensor of a plurality of sensors is configured to determine a status of a respective shelf....