ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,991, issued on July 7, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Augmented-reality glasses temple arm components, arrangements, and assemblies, and systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by Aaron Bobuk (Bellevue, Wash.), Aaron Tyler Nelson (West Linn, Ore.), Luke Jonathan Gilson (Bellevue, Wash.), Trevin Baker (Woodinville, Wash.) and Yixing Shi (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Temple arms of augmented-reality glasses are disclosed. An example temple arm includes a curved temple arm housing configured to couple to a frame of a pair of augmented-reality glasses. The curved temple...