ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,424, issued on July 14, was assigned to Semes Co. Ltd. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for transporting article" was invented by Nojae Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article transport apparatus includes a traveling portion configured to travel along a rail portion and a mounting portion configured to have a structure suspended under a traveling portion to mount articles thereon, in particular, the rail portion includes a plurality of first straight rails extending in a first direction while being arranged parallel to each other at first intervals, a plurality of second straight rails extending in a s...