ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,865, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bootstrap Brands Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Apparatus for wrist-worn devices" was invented by Aly Khalifa (Raleigh, N.C.), Fredrik Perman (Raleigh, N.C.), Mary Lee Mebane (Charlotte, N.C.) and John Mebane (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for a wrist-worn device includes a frame and a screen fixed to the frame. The frame is configured to be removably secured to the wrist-worn device so that the screen is positioned in adjacent, overlying relationship with a face of the wrist-worn device. The screen is configured to perform one or more of the following: magnify the face of the...