ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,777, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Transceiver with shared filter for both transmit and receive modes" was invented by Yashar Rajavi (San Jose, Calif.), Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak (San Francisco) and Abbas Komijani (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transceiver having a shared filter for both transmit and receive modes is disclosed. A transceiver includes a transmitter having an output coupled to a signal node, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit signals onto the signal node during transceiver operation in a transmit mode. The transceiver also includes a receiver h...