ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,183, issued on May 19, was assigned to Rite-Hite Holding Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Methods and apparatus to monitor and manage loading docks and facility operations" was invented by James C. Boerger (Franksville, Wis.), John Jeffers (Franklin, Wis.), Richard Mews (Bonduel, Wis.), Adam White (River Hills, Wis.), Kyle Wurster (Richfield, Wis.), Viswa Teja Yerramsetty (Mountain View, Calif.), Kenneth C. Bowman (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Brian J. Peschel (Saukville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to monitor and manage loading docks and facility operations are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one processor ...