ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,767, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for operating object" was invented by Dae Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ig Yeong Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an object includes at least one autonomous driving platform configured to autonomously drive along an autonomous driving path, at least one object configured to be loaded at an upper portion of the at least one autonomous driving platform, unloaded from the upper portion of the at least one autonomous driving platform, and the at least one ob...