ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,214, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Hearing aid, in particular in-the-ear hearing aid" was invented by Hamed Hasani (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid, in particular an in-the-ear hearing aid, includes a device housing having a housing shell insertable into an auditory canal and a housing front plate closing the housing shell. A battery is accommodated in the device housing. A signal processing device having a ground plane is disposed at least in sections between the battery and the housing front plate. An antenna device, having at least two folded antenna arms, is dispo...