US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Oct. 20 for "Automated teller machine for object scanning and appraisal" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,168, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Automated teller machine for object scanning and appraisal" was invented by Jose L. Romero Jr. (San Antonio), Andre Rene Buentello (San Antonio), Nina Schuessler (San Antonio), Jennifer Hunt Erickson (San Antonio), Breanna Nicole Allerkamp (Boerne, Texas) and Kevin McAdams (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an automated teller machine (ATM) having personal object scanning and appraisal capabilities, which, in some implementations, can be used for improved valuable personal ...