ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,913, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Electronic pen" was invented by Takenori Kaneda (Tochigi, Japan), Kenichi Ninomiya (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Arai (Saitama, Japan), Kohei Tanaka (Tokyo) and Ryuto Sakamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic pen is provided that is enhanced in strength such as not to be bent or broken even when made to be thinner (smaller in diametric size). A connection section holds a core body at one end thereof and holds a circuit board at the other end thereof. The circuit board is accommodated in a board protecting pipe, which is fitted to the connection...