ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,755, issued on June 30, was assigned to PAZNIC LLC (Hueytown, Ala.).

"System and methods for access control" was invented by Jonathan Curelar (Hueytown, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling access to a secure room containing a plurality of safety deposit boxes, comprises a motion detector, a biometric sensor, and a plurality of contact sensors, wherein each of the safety deposit boxes is associated with at least two contact sensors. The system includes a processor that is configured to unlock the gate when a plurality of access conditions are satisfied, which may include: collecting via the biometric sensor a ...