ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,285, issued on May 20, was assigned to ENERGOUS Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for using one or more sensors to detect and classify objects in a keep-out zone of a wireless-power transmission field, and antennas with integrated sensor arrangements" was invented by Cesar Johnston (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Alister Hoss (Phoenix), Erik Heinke (San Jose, Calif.), Deepak Jain (San Ramon, Calif.), William M. Wiese Jr. (San Jose, Calif.) and Fay Yew (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless-power transmission system (WPTS) includes sensors, antennas, a power amplifier (PA), and integrated circuits (ICs). The ant...