ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,829, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Neural network processing method and apparatus based on nested bit representation" was invented by Seohyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Youngjun Kwak (Seoul, South Korea), Jinwoo Son (Seoul, South Korea), Changyong Son (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sangil Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Kyu Choi (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jaejoon Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neural network processing method and apparatus based on nested bit representation is provided. The processing method includes obtaining first weights for a...