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US 11868179
Wearable computing device
Current assignee: Motive Abc LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US 11,868,179 B2
Title: Wearable computing device
Patent number: US 11,868,179 B2
Application number: US 18/323,386
Publication of application: US 2023/0376072 A1 (2023-11-23)
Grant/publication date: 2024-01-09
Filing date: 2023-05-24
Priority date (listed as an assumption): 2013-11-29
Anticipated expiration (listed): 2034-11-28
Status: Active
Original assignee: Ouraring Inc.
Current assignee (listed, may be inaccurate): Motive ABC LLC; Ouraring Inc.
Inventors: Curt C. von Badinski; Michael J. Strasser; Peter Twiss
Prior art keywords (as listed): wcd; light; user; computing device; wearable computing
Classifications: G06F1/163 (wearable computers, e.g., on a belt), G06F1/1613, G06F1/16, G06F1/00, G06F; A61B5/01 (measuring temperature of body parts), A61B5/00, A61B.
Purpose and plain-language scope (per the supplied text): The patent concerns a wearable computing device ("WCD"). According to the excerpt, the device relates to a wearable computing device that uses light in connection with a user, and is classified for both computing (G06F1/163) and medical/diagnostic sensing (A61B5/00, A61B5/01), indicating a wearable that may gather physiological measurements such as body temperature. However, the supplied text does not include the abstract, specification, or claims, so the precise claimed scope, components, and operation cannot be described from this source alone.
What the supplied excerpt does not establish:
- The claims, abstract, and detailed description are absent; the exact inventive scope is not shown.
- The priority date is expressly labeled an assumption, not a legal conclusion.
- Assignee listings are expressly stated as possibly inaccurate; the excerpt notes multiple recorded assignments but no conclusions about present ownership.
- Classifications indicate subject matter areas only; they do not define claim scope.
- No litigation, validity, or prior-art analysis is provided beyond the listed data points.
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