ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,704, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method enabling out-band communication in wireless charging apparatus, method and system" was invented by Minsoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jingu Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jinkwon Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaehyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification relates to an apparatus and method enabling different types of communication between a wireless power transmission apparatus and a wireless power reception apparatus. The present specification provides a wireless power transmission apparatus, a wi...