ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,455, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Method carried out by sensor controller and sensor controller" was invented by Akira Ito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is carried out by a sensor controller for detecting an electromagnetic resonance stylus using an electromagnetic resonance sensor. The method includes, upon elapse of a predetermined period after the electromagnetic resonance sensor has stopped transmitting a feeder alternating magnetic field for feeding electric power to the electromagnetic resonance stylus, transmitting, from the electromagnetic resonance sensor, a c...