ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,452, issued on July 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"And apparatus for the FBE frame work for NR systems operating on unlicensed spectrum" was invented by Salvatore Talarico (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Yongjun Kwak (Portland, Ore.) and Carlos H. Aldana (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can operate on an unlicensed spectrum. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can perform a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) to detect transmissions within the unlicensed spectrum. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can transmit, in response to the unlicense...