ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,255, issued on July 7, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (County Limerick, Ireland).

"Apparatus and methods for enhanced digital audio bus reliability" was invented by Prasanna Thirumaleshwara (Kasargod, India), Pranav Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, India), Eric Cline (Lowell, Mass.) and Miguel Chavez (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods digital audio bus reliability are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a digital audio system includes a plurality of audio devices connected by a first digital audio chain in a clockwise direction and a second digital audio chain in a counterclockwise d...