ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,663, issued on May 5, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"Microcontroller having wireless communication module for use with a system" was invented by Bastian Neumann (Lorsch, Germany), Christian Pfluger (Fuerth, Germany) and Helge Brauer (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods that provide for a wireless communication microcontroller for use with a system microcontroller. A first microcontroller is configured to control aspects of a system in which the device can be embedded. A second microcontroller is operatively connected to the first microcontroller, with the second microco...