ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,633, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Wireless power transmitting apparatus including user interface and method for determining whether touch input of wireless power transmitting apparatus has occurred" was invented by Hwasung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyosu Byun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a user interface configured to receive a user input through touch sensors, a memory, and a processor. The processor may obtain touch data values corresponding to the touch sensors, respectively. The processor...