ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,608, issued on July 22, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Recycling current in data transmission" was invented by Chengkun Deng (Zhejiang, China), Huan Shi (Zhejiang, China) and Wei Liu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for current recycling. The electronic device comprises a transmission line, a bias resistor and a DC bias electrical connection. The transmission line is configured to transmit data. The bias resistor is coupled to the transmission line. The DC bias electrical connection is coupled between the bias resistor...