ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,951, issued on March 4, was assigned to NANT HOLDINGS IP LLC (Culver City, Calif.).

"Wireless power distribution systems and methods" was invented by Patrick Soon-Shiong (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, methods and systems of wireless power distribution are disclosed. Embodiments involve the redirection of collimated energy to a converter, which stores or converts the energy into a more suitable form of energy for at least one specific point-of-use that is coupled to the converter."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/321,303.

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