ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,063, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Rekeyable lock" was invented by Fu-Chih Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock includes a lock casing having a lock cylinder hole, a pin replacing hole and a plurality of first pin holes; a lock cylinder rotatably arranged in the lock cylinder hole and formed with a plurality of second pin holes; a pin set including a plurality of first pins respectively accommodated in the first pin holes, and a plurality of second pins respectively accommodated in the second pin holes; an outer casing having an inner wall defini...