ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,904, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SINOX Co. LTD (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electronic control lock in combination with kickstand of a bicycle" was invented by Chia-Wei Weng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control lock of a bicycle has an electronic controller, a kickstand lock, and a frame lock. The kickstand lock includes a kickstand a stand control device. When locking, the stand control device stops the kickstand from being kicked up, causing inconvenience or impossible to ride the bicycle. The frame lock includes an inserting element and a frame control device. When locking, the frame control devic...