ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,652, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (County Limerick, Ireland).

"Wearable device with energy harvesting" was invented by David J. Clarke (Patrickswell, Ireland), Stephen Denis Heffernan (County Tipperary, Ireland), Nijun Wei (Lianyungang, China), Alan J. O'Donnell (Castletroy, Ireland), Patrick Martin McGuinness (Pallaskenry, Ireland), Shaun Bradley (Patrickswell, Ireland), Edward John Coyne (Athenry, Ireland), David Aherne (Limerick, Ireland) and David M. Boland (Limerick, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology generally relates to electrical overstress protectio...