ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,247, issued on Aug. 11.
"Illuminated earpiece device" was invented by Rafael Pena (Westchester, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated earpiece device includes a personal electronic device in wireless communication with an extrinsic communication network thereby enabling the personal electronic device to place or receive phone calls. An earpiece has a housing and a first arm and the earpiece can be worn on the user's ear. The earpiece has a second arm extending forwardly from the housing. The earpiece is in wireless communication with the personal electronic device to enable to the user to place or receive the phone call ...