ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. RE50,522, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for transmitting uplink signals" was invented by Dae Won Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ki Jun Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transmitting uplink signals is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, by a user equipment, periodic control information on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) at a predetermined period, dropping the periodic control information and multiplexing uplink signals except the periodic control information when the user equipment is operating...