ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,743, issued on April 14, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Clock synchronization method and related apparatus" was invented by Zhe Fu (Dongguan, China) and Qianxi Lu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a clock synchronization method and a related apparatus. The method comprises: a terminal receiving first clock information; determining a specific cell according to the first clock information; and taking the specific cell as a clock reference point, and performing clock synchronization according to the first clock information."

The patent was filed on Ma...