ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,742, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Terminal apparatus and communication method" was invented by Taewoo Lee (Sakai, Japan), Wataru Ouchi (Sakai, Japan), Toshizo Nogami (Sakai, Japan), Shoichi Suzuki (Sakai, Japan), Tomoki Yoshimura (Sakai, Japan), Huifa Lin (Sakai, Japan) and Daiichiro Nakashima (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH including DCI triggering a Type-3 HARQ-ACK codebook, and a transmitter configured to transmit a PUCCH including the Type-3 HARQ-ACK codebook triggered. A slot in which the PUCCH is transmitted i...