ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,809, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Cellular wireless service plan transfer between non-linked wireless devices" was invented by Raj S. Chaugule (Santa Clara, Calif.), Bob Bradley (San Jose, Calif.), Can Xiong (San Jose, Calif.), Li Li (Los Altos, Calif.), Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman (Fremont, Calif.) and Zexing Shi (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application sets forth techniques for transfer of a cellular wireless service plan associated with a SIM or an eSIM between non-linked wireless devices. A target wireless device broadcasts an advertisement beacon requesting transfer of a...