ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,611, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Pen, sensor device, and pen system" was invented by Haruhiko Hisano (Saitama, Japan) and Yoshifumi Konda (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pen is configured to supply an N-bit internal digital value NA to a sensor device, and includes an integrated circuit that acquires a series of the internal digital values NA(s) based on a state OPS of a writing pressure detector. The integrated circuit supplies a first internal digital value NA to the sensor device by transmitting, from an antenna, first transmission data MF including a first standard digital v...