ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,385, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to QUANATA LLC (San Francisco).

"Smart ring power and charging" was invented by Kenneth Jason Sanchez (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring includes a housing. The housing can include an inner surface configured to contact a finger of a user when the housing is worn by the user. The housing also can include a first power source configured to be wirelessly charged by a second power source that is removably coupled to the housing. The housing further can include a component configure to draw energy from the first power source. The component can perform one or more of: sensing an activ...