ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,855, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Terraced battery system for wearable electronic device" was invented by Stoyan Hristov (Gilroy, Calif.) and Gerald Nilles (Culver City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terraced battery system is provided that may enhance the battery packaging efficiency within an organic shape of a wearable electronic device such as an electronic eyewear device. The terraced battery includes several stacked cells of different geometries. The terraced battery geometries are selected to better accommodate organic (non-trapezoidal and non-cylindrical) shapes of the batter...