ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,803, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Key fob and method of configuring a key fob" was invented by Naman Khullar (Graz, Austria), Dorian Haslinger (Graz, Austria) and Marc Manninger (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device such as a key fob includes a wireless interface for establishing a wireless connection to a controller integrated in a vehicle. The key fob is configured provide access credentials to the controller via the wireless connection. The key fob also includes a wired interface for connecting the key fob to a console integrated in the vehicle. When connected to the conso...