ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,346, issued on March 18, was assigned to GATE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Bareket, Israel).

"Detonation control systems utilizing a smart safety pin" was invented by Amir Geva (Shoham, Israel), Asaf Geva (Shoham, Israel) and Gal Geva (Shoham, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems and methods for pairing a remote controller unit and a control unit, using a smart safety pin. More specifically, but not exclusively, disclosed are detonation control systems and methods, which include a detonation controller unit, a safety pin configured to engage with a safety pin holder of the detonation unit, and a remote controller ...