US Patent Issued to Metropolis IP Holdings on Sept. 16 for "Terminals and methods of use and manufacture thereof" (Tennessee, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,363, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Metropolis IP Holdings LLC (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Terminals and methods of use and manufacture thereof" was invented by Gregory Scott Pearson (Nashville, Tenn.) and Gregory Richard Mason (Iowa City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods are provided for use in controlling access to a parking garage or other restricted area. More specifically, the device relates to a parking terminal to control access to vehicles in a parking area and the method relates to installing and servicing the parking terminal in a desired location without the need for specialized tools."

The paten...