ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,701, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Harq process management method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium" was invented by Xing Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An HARQ process management method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The HARQ process management method includes: receiving SCI; determining whether the SCI indicates a HARQ process identity to obtain a first determination result and determining a HARQ process associated with the SCI based on the first determination result."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2020, unde...