ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,614, issued on April 22, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Electronic pen" was invented by Kenichi Ninomiya (Saitama, Japan) and Mamoru Ogata (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic pen including a tubular housing having an opening at one end, a core body portion including a rod-shaped core body and a pressure member that holds a rear end of the core body and transmits a force applied to the core body, a writing pressure detector that detects a writing pressure applied to the core body, and a tubular holding member that accommodates and holds the core body portion. At least part of a si...