ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,156, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mytra Inc. (Brisbane, Calif.).

"System and method for material storage and transportation" was invented by Matt Clark (San Francisco), Christopher Walti (San Francisco) and Jared Parker (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system 100 for automated storage and retrieval of materials can include a storage grid 200, and can include and/or interface with one or more material handling robots 600, and/or any other suitable components. A storage grid 200 can include a set of one or more: cells 300, columns 400, beams 500, and/or any other suitable components."

The patent was filed on May 12,...