ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,258, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Sensor for detecting pen signal transmitted from pen" was invented by Jun Kadowaki (Saitama, Japan) and Yutaka Kamioka (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor is provided for detecting a pen signal transmitted from a pen. The sensor includes a touch sensor, flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector terminals, and a detection pattern. The touch sensor has linear electrodes, which form a position detection area and are configured to respectively detect the pen signal. The FPC connector terminals are connected to the linear electrodes, respectively, v...