ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,012, issued on June 10, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Wirelessly powered sensor system" was invented by Alberto Peralta (Chicago), Michael Katz (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and Md. Nazmul Alam (Glendale Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing system includes a sensor, a wireless transmission system, a wireless receiver system, and a controller. The sensor is configured to determine sensor data, the sensor data associated with a sensing environment. The wireless transmission system is configured to wirelessly couple with the sensor, the wireless transmission system configured for wirelessly providing significant elec...