Patents by Inventor Catherine Koch

Catherine Koch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wearable modular electronic device, such as to hold a selectable and/or replaceable biometric sensor in close proximity to and/or in physical contact with a wearer and/or to hold a battery
    Patent number: 10463141
    Abstract: A wearable modular electronic device to maintain an electronic module proximate to a wearer may be configured to attach to a wearable accessory such as, without limitation jewelry (e.g., necklace/pendant, finger ring, earring, body piercing, brooch, wrist bracelet, and/or wristwatch), a money clip, a belt buckle, a handbag, and/or an article of clothing. A wearable modular electronic device may be configured as a clasp assembly for a wristwatch, which may be configured to replace an existing clasp of a wristwatch, and which may be configurable for multiple types of wristbands (e.g., strap-type and/or metal). An electronic module may include a battery and/or sensor, such as a biometric sensor, and the wearable modular electronic device or a surface thereof may be contoured to coincide with a body part of a wearer and/or otherwise configured to maintain the biometric sensor proximate to the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Heloisa Fitzgerald Jewelry
    Inventors: Heloisa Fitzgerald, Warren Katz, Sean Batir, Catherine Koch
  • WEARABLE MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SUCH AS TO HOLD A SELECTABLE AND/OR REPLACEABLE BIOMETRIC SENSOR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AND/OR IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH A WEARER AND/OR TO HOLD A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20160029778
    Abstract: A wearable modular electronic device to maintain an electronic module proximate to a wearer may be configured to attach to a wearable accessory such as, without limitation jewelry (e.g., necklace/pendant, finger ring, earring, body piercing, brooch, wrist bracelet, and/or wristwatch), a money clip, a belt buckle, a handbag, and/or an article of clothing. A wearable modular electronic device may be configured as a clasp assembly for a wristwatch, which may be configured to replace an existing clasp of a wristwatch, and which may be configurable for multiple types of wristbands (e.g., strap-type and/or metal). An electronic module may include a battery and/or sensor, such as a biometric sensor, and the wearable modular electronic device or a surface thereof may be contoured to coincide with a body part of a wearer and/or otherwise configured to maintain the biometric sensor proximate to the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Heloisa Fitzgerald, Warren Katz, Sean Batir, Catherine Koch