ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,470, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Beijing SmartChip Microelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing) and State Grid Corporation of China (Beijing).

"Networking method, communication method, and communication system for multi-mode communication device, device, and chip" was invented by Yubo Wang (Beijing), Xianhui Wang (Beijing), Zheng Li (Beijing), Kunpeng Xu (Beijing), Hongguang Dai (Beijing), Deyong Xiao (Beijing), Weiqi Hao (Beijing), Dan Luo (Beijing), Jin Shao (Beijing), Yujie Xu (Beijing), Zhanxia Wu (Beijing) and Wei Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a networking method, communication method, and c...