ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,604, issued on June 17, was assigned to Omega SA (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland).
"Water-resistant watch case" was invented by Gregory Kissling (La Neuveville, Switzerland), Cedric Kaltenrieder-Ellis (Courtelary, Switzerland), Nicolas Lazzari (Bienne, Switzerland), Gilles Derriey (Morteau, France), Jerome Viprey (Guyans-Vennes, France), Yves Winkler (Schmitten, Switzerland) and Baptiste Hinaux (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The water-resistant watch case includes at least one crystal mounted on an upper side of a middle, a fastening gasket positioned between an upper annular inner wall of the middle and an upper ann...