ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,314, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Aggregation of data for frames or disaggregation of data from frames" was invented by Lars Ellegaard (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one example of the present disclosure includes an apparatus including a network-facing interface, multiple device-facing interfaces, and an aggregator/disaggregator. The aggregator/disaggregator may be arranged between the network-facing interface and the multiple device-facing interfaces. The aggregator/disaggregator may be configured to generate a plurality of control frames responsive to...