ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,899, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Full system lockout" was invented by Sean P. O'Donnell (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Matthew Bryan Gilbert (Bend, Ore.), Richard William Guzman (Lago Vista, Texas) and Kevin Michael Keller (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, a data processing system may include various hardware components within an interior of a chassis. To secure the various hardware components, the data processing system may include a security system. T...