ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,005, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Position detection device" was invented by So Kato (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a position detection device including a sensor in which a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction are stacked, a position detection circuitry that, in operation, detects an indicated position on the sensor based on output signals from the first electrodes and the second electrodes of the sensor, and a protective member that is formed ...