US Patent Issued to Symbotic on Nov. 3 for "Automatic storage and retrieval system having automated and semi-automated order dispense" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,542, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Automatic storage and retrieval system having automated and semi-automated order dispense" was invented by William J. Fosnight (Windham, N.H.), Devin Lert (Wakefield, Mass.), John G. Lert (Wakefield, Mass.), Stephanie Waite (Boston), Julian Warhurst (Portsmouth, R.I.), Brian Roth (Newport, Ky.), Christopher Hofmeister (Hampstead, N.H.) and Mark Solomon (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide order fulfillment systems utilized in fulfilling orders for goods. The workstation can comprise: a storage structure configured to store to...