ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,309, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wearable electronic device including biometric sensor and wireless charging module" was invented by Hongki Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjin Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ikhyun Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chijeong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungnyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongsang Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to an electronic device including a biometric sensor and a wireless charging module. Acc...