ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,114, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WITHINGS (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Electronic measuring device with electrode" was invented by Victorine Callens (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Matthieu Menanteau (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Pierre-Arnaud Donnet (Issy les Moulineaux, France) and Hok Wai Yuen (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic measuring device includes a weighing plate, extending along a measuring plane and including an upper face configured to receive a user's feet; a lower face, opposite the upper face, and a rounded edge connecting the upper face to the lower face; and at least on...