ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,723, issued on July 22, was assigned to AXESS AG (Anif/Salzburg, Austria).
"Device for checking access permissions" was invented by Christian Windhager (Elsbethen, Austria), Oliver Suter (Bad Duerrnberg, Germany), Daniel Wakounig (Maria Rain, Austria), Josef Fischer (Hallein, Austria), Stoyan Iliev (Rosenheim, Germany), Volker Schoenig (Rohrdorf, Germany) and Thomas Brunner (Riedering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for checking access permissions includes an access area with guidance devices for forming an access lane for separating people or objects, in which blocking and/or signal means define an access threshold....