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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**December 19, 2023PlateWatch® Awarded Canadian Patent for Unique Residential License Plate Capture AssembliesFenton, Missouri — PlateWatch® announces the award of a second patent granted by The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for its unique residential License Plate Capture Assemblies. This achievement follows the U.S. Utility Patent granted in November 2022. PlateWatch® has ushered in a new category for home security, empowering homeowners to capture actionable and identifiable images of license plates and vehicles from decorative mailbox posts, address posts, and sign post assemblies,  thereby enhancing the safety of their families, homes, and properties.  PlateWatch® assemblies have the ability to capture images in...

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**November 8, 2022PlateWatch® Awarded U.S. Utility Patent for Unique Residential License Plate Capture Assemblies Fenton, Missouri — PlateWatch® announces that it has been granted a utility patent by The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its unique License Plate Capture Assemblies designed exclusively for homeowners. PlateWatch® offers a new option in home security, empowering homeowners to capture actionable and identifiable images of license plates and vehicles, bolstering the protection of their family, home, and property. These innovative License Plate Capture Assemblies are concealed within decorative mailbox posts, address posts, and sign post assemblies, offering homeowners a high level...

PlateWatch® Mailbox Captures Images of Suspect Vehicle in Hit & Run Fenton, MO - In September 2022, a homeowner took to social media seeking help to identify a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident outside their home. The vehicle had struck a parked car and then fled the scene. Several neighbors chimed in, expressing concerns about the same vehicle, which they claimed had been driving recklessly in the area. Many residents suspected that the vehicle belonged to a fiber optic contractor working in the neighborhood. The only information available came from a witness who described the vehicle as a black...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted registration of the PlateWatch® trademark to PlateWatch, LLC, a Fenton, Missouri based startup specializing in license plate capture assemblies for home security. PlateWatch® is the first patent-pending license plate capture assembly specially designed for homeowners to provide identifiable and actionable images of license plates and vehicles to protect family, home and property.

  PlateWatch® license plate capture assemblies are are designed as inconspicuous and decorative mailbox posts, address posts, and sign post assemblies. The unique home security assembly features cameras capable of capturing images of license plates and vehicles during day and...

PlateWatch® Captures Larceny Suspects Using Third-Party LPR TechnologyImagine you're in bed when a car slowly drives by scoping out vehicles and homes in your neighborhood. A few seconds later, a text alert pops up on your phone alerting you that there is an unknown/suspicious vehicle on your street. This is what happened to a Fenton, Missouri PlateWatch® user on April 13, 2022. The homeowner was laying in bed as the suspicious vehicle drove by. A clear image of the out-of-state license plate was captured by the PlateWatch® mailbox assembly, then automatically uploaded to a third-party LPR cloud service, Rekor Scout™. In...