ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,172, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Antenna device, rectifier circuit, and electronic device" was invented by Yoshitaka Yoshino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an antenna device including an antenna unit including a rectifier circuit that receives electric field energy of a radio wave or a quasi-electrostatic field (near field) in a space and rectifies an AC signal into a direct current, the antenna unit including a first antenna element that is a conductor to be in contact with or connected to an industrial product metal portion and a second antenna element...