ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,172, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ocado Innovation Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Method and system for determining belt slippage" was invented by Anton Grahn (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for determining drive belt slippage is disclosed. The method and system uses two motors to determine drive belt slippage."

The patent was filed on June 19, 2025, under Application No. 19/242,984.

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