ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,046, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wearable electronic apparatus including a back cover structure considering optical sensor" was invented by Jeahyuck Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunguk Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Injo Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seongwook Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor that includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, a transparent layer that includes a first transparent layer including first plastic having light transmittance, di...