ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,121, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating bio- information" was invented by June Young Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Bok Soon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong Yun Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woo Chang Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Ho Jun Chang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for estimating bio-information are provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum from an object according to measurement conditions; and a processor configure...