ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,905, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Communication apparatus and communication system" was invented by Takaya Nishizawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus includes a transmission line configured to communicate with a communication electrode of a communication partner apparatus through electromagnetic field coupling, a transmitter connected with a first end of the transmission line, and a terminator connected with a second end of the transmission line, wherein the transmission line includes a first transmission line portion having a first characteristic impedance, a second...