ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,992, issued on July 22.
"Electronic devices having corrosion-resistant coatings" was invented by Brian S. Tryon (Redwood City, Calif.), Isabel Yang (San Jose, Calif.), Todd Mintz (San Jose, Calif.), Jeremy Li (San Jose, Calif.), Brian Gable (Los Gatos, Calif.), Lijie Bao (Saratoga, Calif.), Yi Chen (San Jose, Calif.), Christopher D. Prest (San Francisco) and James Yurko (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device such as a wristwatch may include a conductive housing. A corrosion-resistant coating may be deposited on the conductive housing. The coating may include transition layers and an uppermost alloy laye...