ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,028, issued on July 22, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Personal identification number (PIN) unlock in automated wireless communication device testing" was invented by Zachary Marc Sinclair Grauerholz (Olathe, Kan.) and James Luther Henry Thomas (Coppell, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for personal identification number (PIN) unlock in automated wireless communication device testing is disclosed. The method comprises initially pairing a wireless communication device undergoing automated testing with a Bluetooth-enabled microprocessor using a media access control (MAC) address and loadin...