ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,533, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SHIELDSOS LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Active deterrent platform" was invented by Joseph Frank Scalisi (Austin, Texas), Adrian Lanch (Austin, Texas), Marco A. Mayor (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Richard Perry (Alpine, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Included in the present disclosure is a device, including a housing configured to detachably couple to a surface of a building, the housing including an interior portion therewithin. In some embodiments, the device includes a container housed within the interior portion of the housing, the container containing contents therewithin. According to some embodi...