ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,796, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Position detection sensor and electronic device" was invented by Takeshi Kobori (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position detection sensor allows for providing, on a back side of the position detection sensor, a component that needs to be accessed from a front side thereof. The position detection sensor includes a plurality of position detection electrodes arranged on an insulating substrate, wherein a region provided with the plurality of position detection electrodes forms an effective detection region for detecting an indicated position of a ...