ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,430, issued on March 17, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Systems and methods for wireless power and data transfer utilizing multiple antenna receivers" was invented by Jason Luzinski (Chicago), Alberto Peralta (Chicago), Pavel Shostak (San Diego) and Jacob Babcock (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device includes (i) a first antenna that is operable to wirelessly receive power, (ii) a second antenna that is operable to wirelessly receive data, (iii) a battery, (iv) a power conditioning system that is connected between the first antenna and the battery, (v) a data communications system, and (vi) a switch t...