ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,669, issued on May 13, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Batteryless device with wirelessly powered token provisioning" was invented by Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.) and Paul Y. Moreton (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batteryless device is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the batteryless device may include a first communication system and a second communication system, the second communication system being a near-field-communication (NFC) system. The batteryless device may also include a power receiver coupled to the first communication system and configured to wirelessly receive...