ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,407, issued on June 2, was assigned to MATIC ROBOTS INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Waste bag with absorbent dispersion sachet" was invented by Anshuman Kumar (San Francisco) and Jared O. Ruehr (Aurora, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste collection bag may be used by an autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) to store waste during a plurality of cleaning processes. The waste collection bag comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes an opening for waste to enter the waste collection bag. The top portion is composed of a porous material to filter air through the porous material. The bot...