ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,064, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. New Tech Park (Singapore).

"Synchronization signal block selection" was invented by Hyejung Jung (Northbrook, Ill.), Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, Ill.), Robert T. Love (Barrington, Ill.) and Ravi Kuchibhotla (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for synchronization signal block selection. One method includes receiving multiple synchronization signal blocks on a first wideband carrier. Each synchronization signal block includes at least one synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel. The method includes detec...