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(43) Date of publication: 26.01.2022 Bulletin 2022/04 (21) Application number: 19920332.4 (22) Date of filing: 30.08.2019

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A21C 9/04(2006.01) A21C 14/00(2006.01) G05B 13/02(2006.01) A21C 9/00(2006.01) G05B 19/05(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A21C 15/002; G05B 19/056; A21C 9/08; G05B 2219/45111; A21C 9/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2019/049180 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/190322 (24.09.2020 Gazette 2020/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 21.03.2019 US 201916360379 21.03.2019 US 201916360478 (71) Applicant: Vivid Robotics, Inc. Seattle, WA 98119 (US)

(72) Inventors: ANDERSON, Colton San Francisco, CA 94117 (US) DE VITIS, Brian Kirkland, WA 98034 (US) HAN, Kyu Seattle, WA 98144 (US) LALISH, Emmett Seattle, WA 98144 (US) WRIGHT, Nicholaus, Clarendon Seattle, WA 98103 (US) SOIKE, Derek, David Seattle, WA 98103 (US) REINECKE, Kort, Edward Seattle, WA 98133 (US) VAN TILBURG, Sage Paladeni Vancouver, WA 98660 (US) SPADA, Nicholas Alan, Halverson Seattle, WA 98115 (US) WILLSON, Andrea, Margaret Seattle, WA 98103 (US) ROGERS, Cole, Clark Seattle, WA 98107 (US) XIA, Shiyu Seattle, WA 98104 (US) WOOD, Clayton Seattle, WA 98117 (US) OCHS, Garett Seattle, WA 98119 (US) (74) Representative: Sach, Greg Robert  Sach & Associates Siedlungsstrasse 4a 85253 Erdweg 85253 Erdweg (DE)