ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,786, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for handover in next generation mobile communication system" was invented by June Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Himke Van Der Velde (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication tec...