ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,175, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Magnetic cover and methods and apparatus to detect positioning of the magnetic cover over a wireless charging transmitter" was invented by Ivan Sieklik (Martin, Slovak Republic), Radek Holis (Karolinka, Czech Republic) and Petr Smejkal (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic cover is disclosed which is configured to be positioned on a wireless charging transmitter. The magnetic cover comprises: a magnetic ring positioned on the magnetic cover, wherein when the magnetic cover is positioned on a wireless charging transmitter...