ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14 -- Starkey Laboratories, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,330,380, initially filed Jan. 29, 2021) developed by seven co-inventors for a "modularization of components of an ear-wearable device." The co-inventors are Sidney A. Higgins, (Maple Grove, Minnesota, Scott Timmerman, Buffalo, Minnesota, Dustin Degen, Waconia, Minnesota, Jodi Rickheim, Stewart, Minnesota, Brian Dahl, Minnetrista, Minnesota, Christopher Frank Filo, Shakopee, Minnesota, and . . .