ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,963, issued on July 15, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS APPLICATION GMBH (Aschheim-Dornach, Germany).

"Electronic device, corresponding bus communication system and method of configuring a bus communication system" was invented by Fred Rennig (Nandlstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a CAN protocol controller, a first communication port configured to be coupled to a first segment of a differential bus, and a second communication port configured to be coupled to a second segment of the differential bus. A first CAN transceiver circuit is coupled to the CAN protocol controller and is configure...