ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,977, issued on July 8, was assigned to Ember Technologies Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.).

"Actively heated or cooled garments or footwear" was invented by Clayton Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Daren John Leith (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Holland Young Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Rahul Mulinti (Westlake Village, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Wakeham (Solana Beach, Calif.), Mikko Juhani Timperi (San Marcos, Calif.) and Jacob William Emmert (Westchester, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or...