ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,969, issued on June 2, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Active stylus, electronic device, and wireless power supply system" was invented by Naoki Watanabe (Saitama, Japan), Masayuki Miyamoto (Saitama, Japan) and Haruhiko Hisano (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an active stylus that transmits and receives signals to and from an electronic device, the active stylus including a receiver which, in operation, receives an uplink signal transmitted from the electronic device, a transmitter which, in operation, transmits a downlink signal to the electronic device, a power receiver which, in o...