ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,674, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"User equipment (UE)" was invented by Yasuo Sugawara (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A User Equipment (UE) comprises control circuitry and transmission and reception circuitry. The transmission and reception circuitry is configured to receive, from an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), a first configuration update command message including a rejected Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) including a Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information for which a maximum number of UEs has been reached, a cause value indicatin...