ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,919, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Position indicator" was invented by Masamitsu Ito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a position indicator of an electromagnetic induction type including a position indicator cartridge housed in a hollow portion of a housing, in which the position indicator cartridge includes a first resonant circuit including a first coil wound around a magnetic core arranged on one end of the position indicator cartridge in an axial direction of the position indicator cartridge and a first capacitor, a second coil that is independent of the position indic...