ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,461, issued on May 6, was assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for improved uplink coverage" was invented by Marian Rudolf (Montreal), Paul Marinier (Brossard, Canada), Diana Pani (Montreal), Ghyslain Pelletier (Montreal), Christopher R. Cave (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada), Lakshmi R. Iyer (King of Prussia, Pa.) and Muhammad U Fazili (Audubon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method are specified to improve the reception of UL transmission, for example in power or coverage limited situations. A WTRU may modify procedures to increase the available signal energy for recepti...