ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,505, issued on April 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control device, power receiving device, electronic apparatus, and power transmission system" was invented by Kota Onishi (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a control portion that controls a power supply portion that supplies power to a load based on received power received by a power receiving portion from a power transmitting device. In the case where the power receiving portion, after receiving a signal having a first frequency and a first duty from the power transmitting device, receives a signal having a second frequency tha...