ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,078, issued on March 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving HARQ response in communication system supporting sidelink communication" was invented by Gene Back Hahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyuk Min Son (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an HARQ response in a communication system supporting sidelink communication. An operating method for a transmitting terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a higher layer ...