ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,938, issued on May 12, was assigned to GHOST PASS Inc. (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Electronic device for performing user authentication by using user biometric information, and operation method thereof" was invented by Seon Gwan Lee (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electronic device for performing user authentication on a user by using user biometric information in response to a request made by a user authentication request device, wherein the user authentication request device transmits data obtained by sensing the body of a user adjacent thereto to the electronic device (a user au...