ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,555, issued on April 21, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Short-range wireless communication device" was invented by Tatsuya Hosotani (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takahiro Nagai (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hiromitsu Ito (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short-range wireless communication device includes a coil, a capacitor, a short-range wireless communication IC, and a rectifier circuit. The short-range wireless communication IC and the rectifier circuit are connected to the coil via a node. The capacitor is connected between the node and the rectifier circuit. A receiving circuit is composed ...