US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on July 21 for "System and method for self-service returns" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,507, issued on July 21, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"System and method for self-service returns" was invented by Douglas Humphrys (Bentonville, Ark.) and Tina M. Kurtz (Rogers, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for processing a merchandise return transaction. A system for processing a merchandise return transaction comprising: a user interface for allowing direct entry of information by a customer without assistance from a worker; a database; and a control circuit coupled to the user interface and the database, the control circuit configured to execut...