ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,876, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Wireless power transfer with in-band preamble monitoring and control" was invented by John Walley (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Marc Keppler (Windsor, Colo.) and Jim Le (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer device may include a circuit couplable with a coil to transmit or receive a first signal providing wireless power through the coil. The first signal may be modulated with second signals. A packet within any of the second signals may include first bits associated with a preamble and second bits as...