ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,440, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for wireless power transfer" was invented by Indon Ju (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehun Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may receive wireless power from a wireless charger device by bypassing an external device in which a coil is isolated. The electronic device may directly supply power received from the external device to an element for executing an operation, without passing through a battery, according to a battery state, or wirelessly share its own power with the external d...