ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,553, issued on June 10, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Portable speaker with integrated wireless transmitter" was invented by Craig Jackson (Waltham, Mass.), Thomas Daly (Northborough, Mass.), David Ostrer (Uxbridge, Mass.), Randy Kulchy (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Benjamin C. Lippitt (Worcester, Mass.), James F. Martin (Westborough, Mass.), David L. Pepin (Sutton, Mass.) and Jayesh Dilip Sarode (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include portable speakers with detachable wireless transmitters. In some particular aspects, a portable speaker includes an enclosure housing: at least one electro-acou...