US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Nov. 4 for "Anti-theft systems and devices for battery-powered power tools" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,625, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Anti-theft systems and devices for battery-powered power tools" was invented by Anthony M. Davis (Brookfield, Wis.), Chad E. Jones (Jackson, Wis.) and Nicholas S. Oliver (West Allis, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for locking and unlocking an electronic power tool. The method includes receiving, at a locking device, information associated with the electronic power tool, and generating, at the locking device, a lock code based on the received information. The method further includes transmitting, by the locking device, th...