ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,966, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Timepiece" was invented by Hajime Hirano (Shiojiri, Japan), Kazunori Hoshino (Matsumoto, Japan) and Genta Kawabe (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece provides a timepiece of a type in which a crown is wound to extend a reserve period, which includes a power reserve indicator provided at a rear surface and configured to display an amount of reserve, in which the crown is provided at a right side when a dial at a front surface is viewed from a direction normal to the dial in front view such that 12 o'clock is positioned upward, and various types...