ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,226, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Synkrato Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Computer-automated slotting system and method" was invented by Amin Sikander (San Ramon, Calif.), Karun Jain (San Mateo, Calif.), Sury Balasubramanian (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jason Mancuso (Cape May, N.J.), Alejandro Derbez Gomez (Queretaro, Mexico), Sandeep Konam (Hyderabad, India), Anantha Karthik (Chennai, India) and Jayanth Krishna Mogali (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-automated system performs slotting optimization based on inputs such as any one or more of the following: sales history, Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs), picking hist...