ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,180, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WedgeTLS LLC (Ketchum, Idaho).

"Intelligent door lock system for use with a door assembly" was invented by Joshua Funamura (San Francisco), Nicolas Pedro Lylyk (Palo Alto, Calif.), Patrick Kessler (San Francisco), Eric Jadallah (Ketchum, Idaho), Jordan Fountain (San Jose, Calif.), Robert Sean Murphy (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Phillip Satterfield (San Francisco), Greg Springer (Los Altos, Calif.) and David Morgenstern (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent door lock system that permits both electronic and manual control of a deadbolt. The door lock system can include an inn...