ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,153, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Networking device security system" was invented by Shree Rathinasamy (Round Rock, Texas), Victor Teeter (Round Rock, Texas) and Vikram Mandayam Bhoolokam (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A networking device security system includes a chassis housing a networking device. A locking element is movably coupled to the chassis adjacent the networking device, and an actuator device in the chassis is configured to actuate the locking element. A networking device security subsystem in the chassis receives a networking device locking command via a net...