ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,479, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Injecting a frequency-modulated signal into a receiver" was invented by Roberto Rimini (San Diego) and Sriramgopal Sridhara (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed for injecting a frequency-modulated signal into a receiver. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a receiver, a local oscillator circuit, and an injection circuit. The receiver comprises a signal propagation path. The local oscillator circuit is configured to generate a frequency-modulated signal. The injection circuit is coupled to the receiver and the local oscillator c...