US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on April 29 for "Holding device for an identification element, identification unit having a holding device and an identification element, and identification system having an identification unit" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,114, issued on April 29, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Holding device for an identification element, identification unit having a holding device and an identification element, and identification system having an identification unit" was invented by Bernd Ette (Wolfsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding device for an identification element wherein the identification element is inserted in an identification system. The holding device includes a holding unit by which the identification element is held, and a data transceiver by which data is transferred between the holding device and the identification system...