ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,384, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Ontario Ltd. (Canadian Corp) (Windsor, Calif.).

"Robotic system for object manipulation placement and marking" was invented by Therese Michienzi (Tecumseh, Canada) and Joseph Z. Sleiman (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined manipulation and marking system for any type of goods, including a robotic manipulator having a numerically controlled arm with an end-effector for grasping and manipulating each of the goods between an incoming location and an outgoing location. A module is provided for marking the goods during manipulation thereof between the incoming and outgoing lo...