ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,842, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Early termination of an uplink transmission" was invented by Hossein Bagheri (Urbana, Ill.), Ankit Bhamri (Rodermark, Germany), Hyejung Jung (Northbrook, Ill.), Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart (Darmstadt, Germany) and Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for early termination of an uplink transmission. One method includes starting to transmit a first uplink transmission with a first duration in a beginning of a CO period. The method includes determining to termi...