ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,972, issued on July 14, was assigned to Parcelist (Philadelphia).
"Parcel delivery system and method" was invented by Eapen Kalathil (Philadelphia) and Joseph Gunn (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parcel delivery system and method are provided. The parcel delivery system includes a parcel receptacle unit with one or more lockers that securely receives parcels from any commercial carrier and provides for users to retrieve their parcel. The parcel delivery system includes a parcel receiving system that receives a parcel identification code from multiple sources such as a confirmation delivery message, direct from user, au...