ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,936, issued on July 8, was assigned to ADVANIDE HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Smart card for communication with an external reader" was invented by Ralf Henn (Singapore), Joe Lo (Singapore) and Holger Roessner (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are herein provided for a smart card. In one example, a smart card comprises a first coil having turns of wire defining a first interior space within the first surface area surrounded by turns of wire of the first coil; a second coil having turns of wire defining a second interior space within the second surface area surrounded by turns of wire of the second coil; ...