ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,636, issued on July 7, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication system, communication device and communication method" was invented by Hirotaka Higashi (Kawasaki, Japan), Manabu Watanabe (Kawasaki, Japan) and Junji Wadatsumi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a host controller, a plurality of communication devices, and a communication path coupling the host controller and the communication devices in a ring shape and configured to transmit a communication frame for serial communications, wherein the host controller and the communication devices each includes a...