US Patent Issued to Apple on March 31 for "Systems and methods for extending near-field communication operating volume" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,758, issued on March 31, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for extending near-field communication operating volume" was invented by Vincent Chauvin (Woodside, Calif.), Peter M Agboh (Bend, Ore.), Sireesha Ramisetti (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Vusthla Sunil Reddy (Cupertino, Calif.) and Yukang Feng (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating volume of the NFC transceiver of the electronic device may be extended or enhanced via a resonating circuit disposed in a case that attaches to or covers an electronic device. The resonating circuit disposed in the case may amplify an NFC signal output...