ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,961, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Electronic lockset for sliding door" was invented by Kevin Pasma (Lake Forest, Calif.), Zachary Keoki Hong (Irvine, Calif.), Wei Hsu (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Oscar Romero (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally, methods and systems related to electronic locksets for sliding doors are disclosed. One method of installing an electronic lockset includes mounting a strike plate with a retaining groove on a top portion of the sliding door, attaching a lock assembly behind a rail of the sliding door. The lock assembly inc...