ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,011, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 3A LOGICS INC. (South Korea).

"NFC device powered on in response to radio frequency signal, NFC tag circuit included therein, and method of operating the NFC device" 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 not having a power button. The NFC device includes a battery including a voltage output terminal from which a battery voltage is output, an internal ...