ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,066, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Technologies for cellular positioning" was invented by Wanping Zhang (San Jose, Calif.), Faraz Faheem (Santa Clara, Calif.), Kimia Shamaei (San Jose, Calif.), Kirk Burroughs (Alamo, Calif.), Kumar Gaurav Chhokra (San Mateo, Calif.), Sachin J. Sane (San Jose, Calif.) and Sooyoung Lee (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for technologies for user equipment-based cellular positioning."

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/11...