ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,308, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC (Houston).

"System and method for materials recovery using a mobile materials recovery facility (MMRF)" was invented by Guillaume Chevrette (Anjou, Canada), Vu Nguyen (Houston) and Jean Beaudoin (Mont-Royal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for materials recovery using a mobile materials recovery facility (MMRF) are provided. The presently disclosed subject matter aims to replace manual sorting lines and techniques with a mobile, robotized sorting line to automate the separation by using, for example, cameras, artificial intelligence ...