ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,557, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ossia Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Anytime beaconing in a wireless power transmission system" was invented by Hatem Ibrahim Zeine (Woodinville, Wash.), Dale Donald Mayes (Bothell, Wash.) and Ahmad Moghaddam (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for operating a wireless power transmission system. The wireless power transmission system receives a beacon signal delivered from and initiated by a wireless power receiver client configured to receive wireless power from the wireless power transmission system. The wireless power transmission system also delivers...