Wireless Power Receiver Coils for Diverse Applications

Publication ID: 24-11857797_0007_PTD
Published: October 28, 2025
Category:New Applications & Use Cases

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Wireless Power Receiver Coils for Diverse Applications,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857797_0007_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857797_0007_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,797.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

This inventive concept leverages the core technology of wireless power receiver coils to address critical problems in environmental monitoring, agriculture, health, water quality, and energy efficiency.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent focused on implantable neuromodulation devices, but the limitations of size, material, and power transfer efficiency hindered its broader applicability. This new inventive concept adapts the wireless power receiver coil technology to tackle pressing issues in various industries.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The new claims introduce wireless power receiver coils integrated with sensors and devices to monitor and control environmental pollution, optimize agricultural yield, prevent heat stroke, monitor water quality, and enhance energy efficiency in buildings. Each application leverages the advantages of wireless power transfer, miniaturization, and material innovation.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The novelty lies in the application of the wireless power receiver coil technology to diverse industries, addressing specific challenges and limitations in each field. The inventive step is the adaptation of the core technology to meet the unique requirements of each application.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments may include variations in coil design, sensor integration, and power transmission protocols to accommodate different environmental conditions, sensor types, and power requirements.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

This inventive concept has far-reaching commercial potential in industries such as environmental monitoring, agriculture, healthcare, water quality management, and energy efficiency, offering solutions to pressing global challenges and opportunities for market growth and expansion.

Field of Art

Biomedical engineering, wireless power transfer systems, and miniaturized medical device design, with expertise in electromagnetic coil design, sensor integration, and wireless power transmission protocols

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A skilled engineer with advanced degrees in electrical engineering or biomedical engineering, experienced in designing miniature wireless power transfer systems, sensor integration, and medical device miniaturization

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that the wireless power receiver coil technology from the source patent can be readily adapted to diverse sensing and monitoring applications by integrating sensors and modifying the power transfer mechanism. The core wireless power transfer principles remain consistent across different domains, allowing straightforward technological translation. The PTD's variations represent predictable extensions of the source patent's core wireless power transfer technology.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Wireless power receiver coil designed for implantable medical devices with specific dimensional constraints
PTD Variation
Integrating wireless power receiver coils with environmental sensors for pollution monitoring
Obviousness Reasoning
A PHOSITA would recognize that the miniaturization techniques and wireless power transfer principles are directly transferable to environmental sensing applications, representing a known technique for expanding technological utility
Source Patent Element
Two-dimensional receiving coil configured to exchange power wirelessly
PTD Variation
Agricultural deployment of wireless power receiver coils with integrated soil moisture sensors
Obviousness Reasoning
The fundamental wireless power transfer mechanism can be easily adapted to agricultural monitoring, with sensor integration representing a predictable design modification within a PHOSITA's skill set
Source Patent Element
Medical device housing with integrated power supply and wireless power receiving capabilities
PTD Variation
Wearable heat stroke prevention device using wireless power receiver coil with temperature sensor
Obviousness Reasoning
Translating the wireless power transfer technology to a wearable form factor is an obvious extension, utilizing known techniques for miniaturization and sensor integration
Source Patent Element
Wireless power transfer system with configurable coil geometry
PTD Variation
Water quality monitoring system with wireless power receiver coil and integrated sensors
Obviousness Reasoning
A PHOSITA would find it obvious to adapt the wireless power transfer coil design to environmental monitoring applications, representing a straightforward technological translation
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on US Patent 11857797's disclosure of wireless power receiver coil technology, the present publication demonstrates that integrating such coils with diverse sensing applications would be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art. The technological principles of wireless power transfer, miniaturization, and sensor integration represent predictable design variations that do not require inventive complexity beyond the capabilities of an ordinary skilled practitioner in the field.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,857,797
TitleWireless power receiver coil for implantable neuromodulation device
Assignee(s)VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC