ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,115, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FIBRE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Control system for an electronic lock and operation method of the same" was invented by Chen-Yu Hung (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for an electronic lock includes a control module. The electronic lock has a locked state and an unlocked state. The control module is configured to communicate with a portable device for receiving an unlock request that includes a digital signature and a request identifier therefrom. The control module includes a processing unit and a storage electrically connected to the proc...