ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,453, issued on June 10, was assigned to Inventio AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Additional zone monitoring for a building door" was invented by Florian Trosch (Erlenbach ZH, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling access to a building or a restricted zone in the building includes a building door system having a building door, an electronic locking device, and a recognition device for capturing credentials for an object. If the credentials are valid, the building door can be unlocked and can be brought from a closed position into an open position. A sensor system monitors an access zone that includes a speci...