ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,867, issued on June 17, was assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Methods, apparatus, and systems for operational procedures supporting a zero-energy air-interface" was invented by Hussain Elkotby (Conshohocken, Pa.), Ravikumar Pragada (Warrington, Pa.), Tanbir Haque (Jackson Heights, N.Y.) and Patrick Cabrol (Bayshore, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for method for energy harvesting (EH) performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are provided. A method may include any of receiving information indicating EH receiver configuration info...