ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,476, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to IKEYLESS LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"System, method and apparatus for multi-vendor rolling code keyless entry and for identifying and storing key information and creating duplicate keys and remote entry devices" was invented by Daniel Charles Johnson (Crestwood, Ky.), Daniel Patrick Bowen (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael Calvin McCoy (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Dave King (Shelbyville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system providing rolling code remote device functions to provide keyless entry to multiple makes and models of cars. The system adapted to produce the radio signal type and transmitted...