ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,783, issued on July 15, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Systems and methods for pulse width encoded data communications" was invented by Michael H. Katz (Glen Ellyn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for wireless communications includes an antenna and a controller, the antenna configured to transmit electrical data signals, the electrical data signals including an encoded message signal. The encoded message signal including one or more encoded message words. The controller is configured to encode one or more message words, of a message signal, into one or more encoded message words of the encoded message signal,...