ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,021, issued on March 4, was assigned to Pelagic Concepts LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Display a graphical representation to indicate sound will externally localize as binaural sound" was invented by Philip Scott Lyren (Wadsworth, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a user displays a graphical representation having an appearance in response to sound of the graphical representation playing as mono sound or stereo sound. The appearance of the graphical representation being displayed alters in response to the sound of the graphical representation playing as binaural sound."

The patent was...