ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,178, issued on June 30, was assigned to ELC MANAGEMENT LLC (Melville, N.Y.).

"Sensors and displays for nail enhancement systems" was invented by Christopher Aidan (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nail enhancement includes a conductive substrate configured for placement proximal to a nail of a wearer and a color-changing layer comprising a chromic material that is integrated with the conductive substrate. A sensor configured to collect sensor data is at least one of physically connected and operatively connected to the color-changing layer. The sensor is configured to collect sensor data and communicate the sensor data ...