ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,595, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Wireless power transfer system with power and data mode switching" was invented by Alberto Peralta (Chicago), Jason Luzinski (Chicago) and Dennis Kapolnek (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a transmission controller, an amplifier, and a variable resistor. The transmission controller is configured to (i) provide a driving signal for driving the transmitter antenna based on an operating frequency for the wireless power transfer system and (ii) perform one or more of encoding the wireless da...