ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,718, issued on May 19, was assigned to ORIGIN RESEARCH WIRELESS INC. (Rockville, Md.).

"Method, apparatus, and system for positioning and powering a wireless monitoring system" was invented by Chao-Lun Mai (Cambridge, Mass.), Jeng-Feng Lee (Cambridge, Mass.), David N. Claffey (Somerville, Mass.), Hangfang Zhang (Greenbelt, Md.), Hung-Quoc Duc Lai (Parkville, Md.), Beibei Wang (Clarksville, Md.), Oscar Chi-Lim Au (San Jose, Calif.) and K. J. Ray Liu (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus and systems for powering a wireless monitoring system are described. In one example, a described method comprises: positionin...