US Patent Issued to EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) on Oct. 7 for "Electronic watch for space and/or surface exploration" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,505, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) (Noordwijk, Netherlands).

"Electronic watch for space and/or surface exploration" was invented by Jorge Luis Vago (Noordwijk, Netherlands) and Poulakis Pantelis (Noordwijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic watch may be provided having functionality for space exploration and/or surface exploration on a terrestrial planet. The watch may comprise a time displaying means and a processor subsystem. The processor subsystem may be configured to maintain a coordinated planetary time of a terrestrial planet, obtain longitudinal data representing a longit...