ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,344, issued on June 24, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Method and apparatus for synchronisation and data transmission" was invented by Damien Frost (Oxford, Great Britain) and Tim Frost (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronics circuit, comprising: a master controller; and a plurality of modules; wherein the master controller comprises: a timing signal generator arranged to generate a timing signal; and a data signal generator arranged to generate a data signal; wherein the master controller is arranged to generate a combined signal based on both the timing signa...