ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,122, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER SERVICES LLC (Atlanta).

"Processing a used container" was invented by Kevin Docken (Atlanta), Loren Flynn (Atlanta), Matt Jackels (Atlanta) and Gerald P. Butler Jr. (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container processing station, which is configured to receive and process a container including a first closable access and a second closable access, includes a processing path extending between a container entrance and a container exit, the processing path having a first branch and a second branch different from the first branch. The container processing station further ...