ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,988, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ASTERISK INC. (Osaka, Japan).

"Reader that reads information from RF tag" was invented by Noriyuki Suzuki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reader that reduces the impacts of radio waves while keeping the convenience during reading, and such an information providing system. The reader reads information from a RF tag attached to a product. The reader has an opening, and includes a shield that accommodates the product placed through the opening, and an antenna that radiates radio waves for communicating with the RF tag attached to the accommodated product. The reader reads informatio...