ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,672, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wearable electronic device for obtaining biometric information" was invented by Hyunjun Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyoujoo Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyuncheol Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soohan Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungwon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seongwook Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring-type wearable electronic device is provided. The ring-type wearable electronic device includes a ring-shape housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled to the fir...