ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,268, issued on May 5, was assigned to Meta intelligence LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Door lock with both manual and electric unlocking functions" was invented by Jian Chen (Zhongshan, China) and Xifeng Wang (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock with both manual and electric unlocking functions includes a lock body and a transmission rod. The lock body is provided with a latch for locking a door leaf. The transmission rod is in a transmission connection with the latch. When the transmission rod is manually or electrically driven to rotate forward or backward, the transmission rod is configured to drive the latch of the loc...