ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,243, issued on June 23, was assigned to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. (New York).

"Systems and methods for providing shared access to physical assets using biometrics" was invented by Ashok Singal (Henderson, Nev.) and Dan Skowronek (Prosper, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include: an access control computer program receiving a third-party registration comprising a biometric from a third party; the access control computer program receiving an asset owner registration comprising an identification of a physical asset, an identification of a physical asset access control device that controls access to the physical asset, a...