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US 11868178
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: US11868178B2 — "Wearable Computing Device"
Title: Wearable computing device (per supplied source).
Patent number: US11868178B2. Application number: US18/323,385. Other version: US20230376071A1.
Assignee information (as listed on the source): Original assignee — Ouraring Inc; current assignee — Motive ABC LLC and Ouraring Inc. The source notes that listed assignees "may be inaccurate" and that Google "has not performed a legal analysis."
Key dates (as listed): Priority date — 2013-11-29; filing date — 2023-05-24; publication of US20230376071A1 — 2023-11-23; grant/publication of US11868178B2 — 2024-01-09; anticipated expiration — 2034-11-28. Legal status listed as Active.
Inventors: Curt C. von Badinski, Michael J. Strasser, Peter Twiss.
Purpose and plain-language scope: Based only on the supplied text, the title, and the source's "prior art keywords," the patent concerns a "wearable computing device," variously referred to as a "ring device" and "wearable ring" associated with a "finger" and a "user." The excerpt does not contain the claims, abstract, or detailed description, so a precise statement of the patented subject matter cannot be drawn from the supplied material. In broad terms, the source indicates the patent belongs to the field of wearable computing embodied as a ring worn on a user's finger (this is inferred from the listed keywords, not from claim language supplied here).
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US11868178](/patent/US11868178)/en (fetched 2026-09-23).
What this excerpt does not establish:
- The actual claim scope, independent/dependent claim structure, or any specific claimed elements.
- The abstract, detailed description, drawings, or figures.
- Any prior-art references relied upon during prosecution.
- Whether the listed assignees, legal status, or anticipated expiration are accurate (the source itself disclaims legal analysis).
- The substance of any litigation, PTAB proceedings, or ownership transfers listed on the source.
This overview is limited strictly to information presented in the supplied source text; omitted portions should be consulted at the source URL. No external research was performed, consistent with the instruction not to research litigation, ownership transfers, validity, or prior art.
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