ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,962, issued on June 16, was assigned to HTC Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Wearable device and communication method thereof" was invented by Chun-Yih Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Ta-Chun Pu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Yen-Liang Kuo (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device includes a carrier element, a wearable element, a SIP (System-In-Package) IC (Integrated Circuit), a first antenna element, and a second antenna element. The wearable element is connected to the carrier element. The SIP IC includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The SIP IC is disposed on the carrier element. The first antenn...