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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2023
Applicant:

Körber Supply Chain Logistics Gmbh, Constance, DE;

Inventors:

Michael Zettler, Allensbach, DE;

Christoph Reichelt, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B07C 1/02 (2006.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B07C 1/02 (2013.01); B07C 3/006 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for analyzing malfunctions in an operation of a handling system configured to handle mail items includes identifying at least one characteristic of a mail item to be fed to the handling system to obtain mail item information, detecting a malfunction in an operation of the handling system to obtain malfunction information, determining at least one malfunction mail item or group of malfunction mail items that triggered the malfunction, and assigning the malfunction information with the mail item information of the malfunction mail item or malfunction mail item group.


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