ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,735, issued on July 28, was assigned to Dauntless Labs LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Mobile device requiring identity-related information to unlock a lock in one of two modes for unlocking the lock" was invented by Ranjeev K. Singh (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods related to a mobile device requiring identity-related information to unlock a lock in one of two modes for unlocking the lock are described. A current state of the lock can be changed based on an exchange of information, via a wireless interface, between a mobile device and the lock. The exchange of information includes a use of a sharable digital k...