ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,014, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus with wireless power reception, wireless communication, and electrical stimulation" was invented by Jaechun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chisung Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sang Joon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus includes: an external coil connected via a pair of a first feed-through portion and a second feed-through portion to a communication circuit, the external coil comprising a first coil part and a second coil part disposed outside a housing; a wireless power ...