ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,745, issued on July 28, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Systems and methods for control of electronic parcel lockers" was invented by Donald Eugene Irwin (Fredericksburg, Va.), Gabriel Michael Yessin (Vienna, Va.), Joram Shenhar (Fairfax, Va.), Joel Locknauth Dewnandan (Bladensburg, Md.), Michael LeRoy Spears (Chantilly, Va.) and William Albert Tartal (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods for storage, delivery, receipt, and/or other handling of an item in an electronically controllable storage receptacle are disclosed. The disclosure provides features for keyless access to ...