ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,554, issued on March 17, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France).

"Communication method for near-field communication devices" was invented by Philippe Alary (Puyloubier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first near-field communication device is remotely powered by a second near-field communication device. The first near-field communication device receives from the second near-field communication device a frame indicating a failure of a data reception by the second near-field communication device. In response, at least one transmission parameter of the first near-field communication device is modified...