ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,455, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Reach Power Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Wireless communication and/or power transmission method and system" was invented by Christopher Joseph Davlantes (Emeryville, Calif.), Hunter Scott (Emeryville, Calif.) and Varun Ramaswamy (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method, preferably including assigning frequency bands, determining encodings, transmitting signals, receiving signals, and/or decoding signals. The communication method can optionally include calibrating frequency bands and/or acting based on signals. A power transmission method, preferably including ...