ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,766, issued on March 3, was assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electronic device and panel with wireless power function" was invented by Yi-Ying Lin (Hualien County, Taiwan) and Chih-Chang Lai (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides an electronic device and a panel with a wireless power function. The panel includes multiple native wires and a wireless power coil. The wireless power coil and the native wires are arranged on the panel. A driver circuit drives the panel through the native wires to perform a native function of the panel. A power circuit performs a wireless...