ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,399, issued on May 27, was assigned to Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Power line communication system, power electronic apparatus, and interference suppression method" was invented by Xinyu Yu (Shanghai), Fuqiang Xu (Shanghai), Kai Xin (Shanghai) and Peng Dong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power line communication (PLC) system includes a PLC signal transmitting end, a PLC signal receiving end, and a power electronic apparatus. The PLC signal transmitting end is connected to the PLC signal receiving end through a power line, and the power electronic apparatus is connected to the power line....