ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,626, issued on June 10, was assigned to CHORUSVIEW INC. (Las Vegas).

"Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) rectifier and storage element for energy harvesting" was invented by Amit Lal (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) rectifier. The MEMS rectifier includes a mainboard and a sub-board. The mainboard has one or more radiofrequency (RF) inputs configured to receive an RF signal, and a first electrical contact. The sub-board is positioned parallel to the mainboard with a gap in-between, and has a thin film piezoelectric layer, a second electrical contact po...