ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,222, issued on April 8, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Real-time clock module and electronic device" was invented by Yasuhiro Sudo (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real-time clock module coupled to a memory device includes: a timing circuit configured to measure a time to generate time data; a first interface circuit configured to function as a master interface for the memory device; a power supply circuit configured to supply a power supply voltage to the memory device; and a control circuit configured to write, to the memory device, target time data corresponding to at least a part of time digits of the t...