ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,476, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Adjustable fit hearing aids" was invented by Michael J. Daley (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Christopher R. Paetsch (Cambridge, Mass.), Christine Dobie (Brighton, Mass.), Ryan Joseph Wexler (Boston) and Andrew D. Dominijanni (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid (600) includes an earpiece (602), a casing (604), and coupling member (612). The earpiece (602) is configured to sit at least partially within the user's ear canal when worn. The casing (604) supports a sound processor (608) and a microphone (606) and is configured to sit behind a users ear a...