ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,000, issued on July 22, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Wireless power transfer system with extended wireless charging range" was invented by Pavel Shostak (San Diego), Oleg Los (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Unnati Wadkar (Bangalore, India), Jason Luzinski (Chicago), Md. Nazmul Alam (Glendale Heights, Ill.), Mark D. Melone (Frankfort, Ill.), Matt Zamborsky (Chicago), Jacob Babcock (Chicago), Alberto Peralta (Chicago) and Christine Frysz (Orchard Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to an apparatus which comprises a wireless power transfer system. This system comprises features which allow it t...