ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,735, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Luxer Corp. (McClellan, Calif.).

"Automated storage area" was invented by Arik Seth Levy (Loomis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for controlling a plurality of electronic locks are provided. In an embodiment, a request for opening a door is received and verified. If the request is approved, signals are sent to open the electronic lock that locks the door. If the request is rejected, a message is sent to notify the user of the invalid request."

The patent was filed on May 27, 2020, under Application No. 16/885,215.

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