ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,995, issued on June 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication system" was invented by Hiroto Tamaki (Misato, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication system includes a first coupler having a first pair of electrodes and second coupler having a second pair of electrodes that at least partially oppose the first pair of electrodes. A transmission circuit applies a differential signal to the first coupler. A reception circuit receives a differential signal output from the second coupler based on electromagnetic coupling between the first coupler and the second coupler. A distance between centroi...