US Patent Issued to Tomra Systems ASA on May 19 for "Express mode processing" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,842, issued on May 19, was assigned to Tomra Systems ASA (Asker, Norway).

"Express mode processing" was invented by Silje Sandahl Nas (Baerums Verk, Norway) and Kent Vissebraten (Nesbyen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for an RVM system and an RVM system configured to implement the method. The method includes the steps of: receiving a set of used containers from a user through an infeed; initiating a new collection session and establishing a Session ID; initiating a transfer of the Session ID to a user via physical or digital means after the new collection session has been initiated; establishing a resulting return val...