ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,851, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Extended link-training time negotiated on link start-up" was invented by Bruce McLoughlin (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein relate to link training between network connected devices. In some examples, an amount to extend link training is determined. The amount to extend link training can be determined by: receiving, by a receiver in a first device, signals over a lane from a transmitter in a second device, the signals indicating capability to extend link training time and amount to extend link training time; determining,...