ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,645, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Electronic device" was invented by Albin Pevec (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Nejc Suhadolnik (Preserje, Slovenia), Damjan Bercan (Smartno priLitiji, Slovenia) and Maksimiljan Stiglic (Maribor, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is configured to operate in a first mode of operation during which the device is configured to receive a first supply voltage in a contactless manner. The device includes a light emitting element and a first circuit. The first circuit is configured to receive a second supply voltage generated from the first supply vol...