ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,556, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (New Tech Park, Singapore).

"Method and apparatus for network assignment of the user equipment transmitter local oscillator frequency" was invented by Colin Frank (Park Ridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are provided for assigning a user equipment transmitter local oscillator frequency including informing the network of a capability of the user equipment to adjust a frequency location of a transmit local oscillator of the user equipment, to a frequency location which has been indicated by the network, within a predefined channel freque...