ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,368, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).
"Contactless communication medium" was invented by Shin Kataoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless communication medium including an IC module and a plurality of metal plates. Each of the plurality of metal plates has a through hole and a slit. At least two or more metal plates are laminated via an insulating layer. The metal plates include a first metal plate and a second metal plate. The second metal plate extends across the slit of the first metal plate in plan view of the first metal plate and adds electrostatic capacitance between portions of ...