ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,317, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating body temperature" was invented by Bok Soon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Kyu Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), So Young Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ho Taik Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating body temperature of an object may include: a heating element; a first temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of the heating element; a second temperature sensor disposed at a position spaced apart from the first te...