US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY on June 10 for "Methods and devices for physical access control systems" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,455, issued on June 10, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Methods and devices for physical access control systems" was invented by Toby Mark Padilla (Lakewood, Colo.), Nathan Stevens (Denver), Tom Edward Stephens (Westminster, Colo.) and Masha Leah Davis (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control system includes a plurality of physical access control readers that form a reader network which utilizes a first communication protocol. The system includes a plurality of mobile communication devices each having a first communication interface and a second communication interface. The first communication inter...