ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,052, issued on May 13, was assigned to RemoteLock Inc. (Denver).

"Intelligent lock credential validation" was invented by Nolan Mondrow (Englewood, Colo.), Robert Goff (Golden, Colo.) and Eric Carlson (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an access control device having a processor, a memory, and an internet connection comprises receiving a credential from a user; checking, by comparing the credential to matching credential information that would indicate the user is authorized to enter stored in the memory of the access control device, if no matching credential information that indicates the user is a...