ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,516, issued on June 3, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).
"Overhead labware transport system" was invented by Ulysses Gilchrist (Reading, Mass.) and Andrew Bennett (Beverly, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selectably configurable modular labware transport system including a labware bulk overhead transport system module forming an overhead transport path. The labware bulk overhead transport system module has a labware support, with at least a movable part of the labware support being configured to support labware thereon, and move longitudinally defining the overhead transport path. The labware support has more th...