ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,764, issued on Sept. 23.

"Biometric fingerprint safe" was invented by Mingjie Wang (Puning, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a lockable device, and more particular to a biometric fingerprint safe having a top opening wall which is released to upwardly fold at its opened position after verifying a fingerprint of a user. The biometric fingerprint safe includes a supporting mechanism provided between the housing and the lid for applying an upward force against the lid, a fingerprint module, a bolt matched with a latching mechanism installed in the housing, the latching mechanism has a mot...