ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,614, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GOERTEK INC. (Weifang, China).

"Wristband wrist-worn device" was invented by Cheng Zhao (Weifang, China), Jianning Zhang (Weifang, China), Qingru Shao (Weifang, China) and Huaying Feng (Weifang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a wristband a wrist-worn device. The wristband includes a band body part and a memory metal wire. The band body part has two end portions separable from each other. The memory metal wire has a strip shape extending along a length direction of the band body part and provided to the band body part. The memory metal wire has a memory state of being ring-...