ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,439, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to WI-CHARGE LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Wireless chargeable gaming controller" was invented by Ori Rafael Mor (Tel Aviv, Israel), Zohar Levin (Rehovot, Israel), Alexander Slepoy (Chandler, Ariz.), Eli Zlatkin (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Nir Simon (Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New systems for the wireless recharging of the batteries of game controllers, without the need for placing the game controller on a dedicated charging device such as an inductively coupled charging pad or its charging docking station. Wireless charging can continue even when the gaming controllers are ...