ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,447, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Wireless charging diversity system for a smart ring" was invented by Miroslav Samardzija (Mountain View, Calif.), Hsiangyin Cheng (Taipei City, Taiwan), Shu Chun Shen (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Liem Hieu Dinh Vo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a charger for a smart ring that includes a charger island disposed to the charger and configured to receive the smart ring. The charger island has a plurality of transmit antennas located in or on the charger island. When activated, a transmit antenna is configured to couple, via a Near Fi...