ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,017, issued on May 13, was assigned to POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Petach Tikva, Israel).

"System and method for providing inductive power at multiple power levels" was invented by Arik Rofe (Bet Hakerem, Israel), Elieser Mach (Rosh Tzurim, Israel), Oola Greenwald (Mevasseret Zion, Israel), Guy Raveh (Mataa, Israel), Moti Ashery (Jerusalem), Ilya Gluzman (Holon, Israel) and Moti Kdoshim (Modiin, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for inductively providing electrical power at a plurality of power levels to electrical devices. The system may include an inductive power outlet unit conductively coupled to a power s...