ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,426, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HEMA (CHINA) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Device management system, method and apparatus" was invented by Enliang Song (Shanghai), Zhenyu Zhao (Shanghai), Jun Jiang (Hangzhou, China), Zhenxiang Zhu (Hangzhou, China), Yimin Wu (Shanghai), Zhikun Han (Shanghai), Danyang Chen (Shanghai) and Mengfan Liu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device management system, method and apparatus are disclosed. The device management method comprises: sending, in response to a borrow and return request, an unlocking instruction to an electromagnetic lock configured for a device management cabinet, wherei...