ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,498, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Using wireless power transfer coils for inductive telemetry" was invented by Russell Eugene Anderson (Hopkins, Minn.), Pritika Toutam (Hennepin, Minn.), Manoj Rahel (Billerica, Mass.) and Brian David Kimball (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to wireless power transfer systems, and more specifically, relates to using a wireless power system for inductive telemetry communications. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes providing an inductive telemetry control signal to the wireless power coils associated with a...