US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (China) Investment on June 30 for "NFC reader with NFC antenna and wireless charging antenna" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,165, issued on June 30, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"NFC reader with NFC antenna and wireless charging antenna" was invented by Tianhao Xiong (Shanghai) and Chaolian Liang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near field communication (NFC) reader includes an NFC antenna and a wireless charging antenna. The NFC antenna substantially surrounds the wireless charging antenna laterally, except at an inward bend of the NFC antenna. The NFC antenna overlaps the wireless charging antenna at the bend."

The patent was filed on May 13, 2021, under Application No. 18/557,901.

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