ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,742, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Master Lock Co. LLC (Oak Creek, Wis.).
"Locking device biometric access" was invented by Scott Kalous (Oak Creek, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic locking device includes an electronically controllable locking mechanism, a memory, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a user device to receive an encrypted package containing a biometric template corresponding to an authorized user, and a processor. The processor is configured to decrypt the encrypted package and store the biometric template in the memory, receive a biometric input corresponding to a us...