ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,529, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SkyX IP Holdings I LLC (New York).

"Apparatus and method for near field communication (NFC) reading" was invented by Martin Steinbauer (New York) and Jeffrey Chagnon (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for near field communication (NFC) reading includes an outer body and a power source disposed within the outer body, wherein the power source is configured to provide electric power. The apparatus also includes a processing circuit connected to the power source to provide power to the processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive identification data...