ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,980, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DEXIN CORP. (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Renaisser Technology Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Active stylus" was invented by Ho-Lung Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yeh Sen-Fan Chueh (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Tzu-Yu Ting (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active stylus includes a tip, a metal pin, a metal shaft, a signal processing module and an elastic ring. A first end of the metal pin is wrapped in the tip. The metal shaft includes an accommodating cavity having an opening. The signal processing module is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. A second end of the metal ...