ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,037, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Inductance coil path" was invented by Oliver John Ridler (Cherrybrook, Australia), Patrik Kennes (Mechelen, Belgium) and Kurt Forrester (Bangor, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil, such as, by way of example, an inductance communication coil, that includes a conductor including a first portion extending in a first level and a second portion extending in a second level, wherein the conductor includes a third portion located on a different level than that of the second portion, wherein an electrical path of the conductor is such that ...