ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,198, issued on July 14, was assigned to FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Enrolment assistance device" was invented by Johan Hammersberg (Floda, Sweden) and Erik Naeslund (Floda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enrolment assistance device comprises a carrier having a first surface portion for receiving a user device with a wireless power transfer arrangement, and a second surface portion spaced apart from the first surface portion to receive a smartcard. The first surface portion has a conductor configured to wirelessly harvest energy from the wireless power transfer arrangement. The second surface port...