ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,248, issued on March 18, was assigned to Solace Power Inc. (Mount Pearl, Canada).

"Wireless power transfer system and method thereof" was invented by Andrew Bartlett (Mount Pearl, Canada), Shuyan Chen (Mount Pearl, Canada), Nagesh Polu (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Mark Snow (Mount Pearl, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer system is provided. The wireless power transfer system comprises a resonator comprising a capacitor. The capacitor comprises at least two active electrodes; and a passive electrode adjacent the active electrodes and configured to encompass the active electrodes to at least partially eliminat...