ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,026, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DONGGUAN POWER BUREAU OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Communication network switching apparatus, system, and method" was invented by Zhonglu Zou (Dongguan, China), Jie Wang (Dongguan, China), Ruhao Wu (Dongguan, China), Junni Su (Dongguan, China), Runhua Lu (Dongguan, China), Zhiming Zhong (Dongguan, China), Xin Yan (Dongguan, China), Wei Li (Dongguan, China), Yongshi Yuan (Dongguan, China), Zhuxin Zhai (Dongguan, China), Xiaoqun Chen (Dongguan, China), Yilin Li (Dongguan, China), Heping Huang (Dongguan, China), Zhicai Huang (Dongguan, China), Hao Xu (Dongguan, China), Ling Jiang (Dongguan, China) and Qingqi Xian (Donggu...