ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,664, issued on May 27, was assigned to KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Three-dimensional wireless power transfer coil and apparatus having same" was invented by Young Jin Park (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Eun Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Kee Dong Yang (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Kyung Hwan Cho (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a WPT coil and an apparatus having same, and more particularly, to a WPT coil configured to have a three-dimensional shape by using a flexible substrate or the like, and an apparatus having same. A WPT coil is provided ...