ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,444, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and communication system" was invented by Kei Nagao (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a reception data input terminal configured such that reception data, which is serial data, is input; a transmission data output terminal configured such that transmission data, which is serial data, is output; and a communication part configured to receive the reception data and transmit the transmission data, wherein the communication part includes: a counter; and a synchronization part configured to monitor the tra...