ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,236, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sun Patent Trust (New York).

"Radio reception apparatus, radio transmission apparatus, and radio communication method" was invented by Masayuki Hoshino (Kanagawa, Japan), Akihiko Nishio (Osaka, Japan), Seigo Nakao (Osaka, Japan) and Daichi Imamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Where first and second reference signals for a first and second communication system, respectively, are transmitted, resources that affect a reception apparatus compatible only with the first communication system can be minimized, and the throughput can be prevented from being deteriorated. As resources ...