ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,693, issued on March 17, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan), Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, Japan), Tatsuya Onuki (Atsugi, Japan) and Yuto Yakubo (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device that can be embedded in a living body is provided. The semiconductor device being embeddable in a living body includes a communication portion, a control portion, a memory portion, an arithmetic portion, and a sensor portion. The control portion has a function of controlling the communication portion, the arithmetic portion, ...