ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,336, issued on July 14, was assigned to Meta intelligence LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Electronic lock configured with internal and external modules" was invented by Jian Chen (Zhongshan, China) and Xifeng Wang (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock configured with internal and external modules includes a first module and a second module installed on inner and outer sides of a door leaf, respectively. The first module includes a first housing and a first circuit board accommodated in the first housing, and the second module includes a second housing and a second circuit board accommodated in the second housing. Th...