MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514079966 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on Aug. 22, 2025, for 'coupling estimation in wireless charging systems.'

Inventor(s) include Abukhalaf, Zaid A; Gherghescu, Alin I; and Kato, Gerard B.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Handling k-estimation errors in a wireless power transfer system can include performing k-estimation during a digital ping phase of a wireless power transfer negotiation; determining that an error occurred while performing k-estimation; determining whether the wireless power receiver is avai...