ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,275, issued on March 25, was assigned to 3A Logics Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Portable NFC device that releases reset in response to radio frequency signal, and NFC tag circuit included therein" was invented by Sung Wan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Pyeong Han Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwang Beom Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Hun Chun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Chang Ho Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an NFC device without a power button. The NFC device includes a battery that outputs a battery voltage, an internal system that includes a voltage receiving terminal ...