ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,549, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Wearable band structure having a band portion including embedded structural members with signal-processing components and another band portion not including any electrical components, and systems, devices, and methods of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Eric Chang (Raritan, N.J.), Audrey Caroline Christine Louchart (Seattle), Phelan Miller (Duvall, Wash.), Andrew Rosenkranz (Westfield, N.J.) and Marc-Aurelien Vivant (Brooklyn, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example band structure is provided which includes a first portion hav...