ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,671, issued on April 29, was assigned to HTC Corp. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Wearable device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Chang-Hsueh Liu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Jen-Tsung Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The wearable device includes an annular body and a package body. The annular body has an inner chamber. The package body is assembled into the inner chamber. There is an assembly gap between the package body and a chamber wall of the inner chamber. The package body includes a package material and an electronic component. The electroni...