Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves

New York (CNN) —& The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to& keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves. President Joe Biden has until the end of Christmas day to& overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling& that will prevent Apple from selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, among other newer models, because they violate patents registered to another company. But it appears unlikely he’ll intervene. Apple has already taken the offending Watch models& off its online store, and Apple Store locations are expected to open Tuesday without any of the latest top-of-the-line watches in stock. The cheaper Apple Watch SE, which was not part of the ruling, remains on sale, but the ban would affect the Apple Watch Series 6 and later, and all models of Apple Watch Ultra. In October, the US International Trade Commission ruled that Apple was in violation of a pulse oximeter patent, which uses light-based technology to read blood-oxygen levels. Masimo, a medical device maker, holds the patent in question. Apple has routinely marketed its smartwatch as a life-saving device, which has helped launch the Apple Watch into the stratosphere, making it the most popular...