ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,588, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Device and method for accessing network in wireless communication system" was invented by Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an internet of things (IoT) technique and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services ...