ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,801, issued on April 29, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Sidelink capability sending method and terminal device" was invented by Qianxi Lu (Guangdong, China) and Zhenshan Zhao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sidelink capability sending method, a sidelink capability receiving method, and a terminal device are provided. The sidelink capability sending method includes generating, by a terminal device, a capability-reporting message, the capability-reporting message including capability information of the terminal device, and the capability information including a...