ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,014, issued on June 17, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Performing a two-step random access channel procedure" was invented by Joachim Loehr (Wiesbaden, Germany), Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart (Darmstadt, Germany), Prateek Basu Mallick (Dreieich, Germany) and Ravi Kuchibhotla (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for performing a two-step random access channel procedure. One method includes determining whether to perform a two-step random access channel procedure or a four-step random access channel procedure. The method includes, in re...