ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,254, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system" was invented by Yeohun Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yongok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chanhong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongbu Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Sungnam Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taeyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for internet...