ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,732, issued on April 8, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Apparatus and method for coexistence between Wi-Fi communication and Bluetooth communication" was invented by Chittabrata Ghosh (Fremont, Calif.), Harish Balasubramaniam (San jose, Calif.) and Carlos Cordeiro (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are apparatus and methods for coexistence between Wi-Fi communication and Bluetooth communication. An apparatus for a UE includes: a Wi-Fi module to perform Wi-Fi communication; a Bluetooth module to perform Bluetooth communication; and interface circuitry coupled with both of the Wi-Fi modul...