ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,326, issued on June 16, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Automated package transport vehicle" was invented by Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide shelves, bracket systems, automated picker robots, totes, and other features that may be used with delivery vehicle configurations that have automated cargo areas. A delivery vehicle may include a picking robot that selectively retrieves packages for delivery without requiring substantial human intervention for locating those packages. The cargo area of the delivery vehicle may further comprise a plurality of ...