ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,478, issued on July 21, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Sidelink ranging for positioning reference signal types" was invented by Karthikeyan Ganesan (Kronberg im Taunus, Germany), Robin Thomas (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Ankit Bhamri (Rodermark, Germany), Ali Ramadan Ali (Kraiburg am Inn, Germany) and Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to sidelink ranging for positioning reference signal types. One apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor that is configured to receive a positioning reference signal ("PRS") ...