ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,071, issued on July 28, was assigned to StreetScooter GmbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Delivery vehicle and method for delivery of consignments to different sites along a delivery route" was invented by Felix Orth (Aachen, Germany), Fabian Schmitt (Eynatten, Belgium), Martin Sommer (Aachen, Germany) and Uwe Kessels (Eschweiler, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivery vehicle is described and depicted which serves for delivery, in particular autonomously, of consignments to different sites along a delivery route, with a loading space comprising a shelf system for shelves containing consignments. In order to save time and cost for deli...