ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,758, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Ouraring Inc. (San Francisco).

"Wearable computing device" was invented by Curt C. von Badinski (Valencia, Calif.), Michael J. Strasser (San Francisco) and Peter Twiss (Lakewood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A finger-worn wearable ring device may include a ring-shaped housing, a printed circuit board, and a sensor module that includes one or more light-emitting components and one or more light-receiving components. The wearable ring device may further include a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an application executable on a user device."

The patent was fi...