ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,438, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Integrated energy harvesting transceivers and transmitters with dual-antenna architecture for miniaturized implants and electrochemical sensors" was invented by Aydin Babakhani (Los Angeles), Hamed Rahmani (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Hidemasa Mitsui (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for utilizing a small form-factor, wirelessly powered transceiver are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless powered transceiver includes a receive antenna configured to receive a receive signal, a transmit antenna con...