ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,310, issued on June 30, was assigned to WITHINGS (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

"Evaluation method of a contact pressure between an optical sensor and the skin of a user and associated device" was invented by Romain Kirszenblat (Issy les Moulineaux, France) and Paul Edouard (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaluation method of a contact pressure between an optical sensor and a skin of a user, the method including a) determination of first optical data, using a first optical signal obtained by the optical sensor at a first wavelength, b) determination of second optical data, using a second optical signal ...