ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,094, issued on March 18.

"Security notification based on biometric identifier" was invented by Madison E. Wale (Boise, Idaho), Bhumika Chhabra (Boise, Idaho), Claudia A. Delaney (Garden City, Idaho) and Elsie de la Garza Villarreal (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for providing security notification based on biometric identifier are described, in which one or more biometric information of a person may be utilized to permit or prohibit the person to access the vehicle. As such, the person may not access (or operate) the vehicle without satisfying security measures based on his/her biometric identif...