ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,639, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Shopify Inc (Ottawa).

"Mobile fulfillment container apparatus, systems, and related methods" was invented by Daanish Maan (Brampton, Canada), Michael Joseph DeFazio (Fonthill, Canada), Jonathan Kim (Toronto), Andrew Ferrier (Montreal), David Waddell (Nelson, Canada) and Silvana Zaldivar (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mobile fulfillment container apparatus, systems, and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to associate a first order with a first mobile container based on goods stored in the...