ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,097, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Inther Logistics Robotics B.V. (Venray-Oostrum, Netherlands).

"Storage system" was invented by Paul Frederik Leonard Antoon Hermsen (Venray-Oostrum, Netherlands), Mattheus Cornelius Antonius Herder (Venray-Oostrum, Netherlands) and Mike John Alice Strijbos (Venray-Oostrum, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a storage system, in particular an automatic (and modular) storage and retrieval system, comprising a central column, extending in a substantial vertical direction; a set of at least six storage locations, each of the storage locations extending from ...