ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,793, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Position indicator" was invented by Sadao Yamamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single position indicator that can be used with a plurality of different types of position detection systems. The position indicator includes a communication circuit which, in operation, communicates with an outer device, a configuration circuit which, in operation, performs an initial setting process based on a signal from the outer device, a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a stylus position signal, and a control circuit. The control circuit, in ...