ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,344, issued on March 24, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Electronic pen" was invented by Mamoru Ogata (Saitama, Japan) and Kenichi Ninomiya (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic pen that includes a circuit board including one or more push switches, a housing having a cylindrical body in which an electronic pen circuit including the circuit board is mounted, the housing including a side opening at a position corresponding to a range in which the one or more push switches are provided on the circuit board mounted at a predetermined position, a board protection member including a mai...