US Patent Issued to dormakaba USA on Oct. 7 for "Electro-mechanical lock core" (Michigan, Massachusetts, California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,546, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to dormakaba USA Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Electro-mechanical lock core" was invented by John Andrew Snodgrass (Plainwell, Mich.), Brendon Allen (Upland, Calif.), Street Anthony Barnett III (Watertown, Mass.) and Michael Hans Viklund (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interchangeable electro-mechanical lock core for use with a lock device having a locked state and an unlocked state is disclosed. The interchangeable electro-mechanical lock core may include a moveable plug having a first position relative to a lock core body which corresponds to the lock device being in the locked state and a...