US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on March 3 for "Electronic lock with facial authentication features" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,295, issued on March 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Electronic lock with facial authentication features" was invented by Elena Gorkovenko (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Matthew Denton Lovett (Lake Forest, Calif.), Mark Bloom (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Ali Atash (Irvine, Calif.), Donnie Viajar (Santa Margarita, Calif.), Matthew Zimmer (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Elliott Schneider (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Subramanian Muthu (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock includes an interior subassembly including a manual turnpiece, a control circuit, and a motor actuatable by the...