ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,479, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Inserting beam switching gaps between beam transmissions" was invented by Ali Ramadan Ali (Kraiburg am Inn, Germany), Ankit Bhamri (Rodermark, Germany), Karthikeyan Ganesan (Kronberg im Taunus, Germany), Sher Ali Cheema (Ilmenau, 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 inserting beam switching gaps between beam transmissions. One apparatus includes a processor that that inserts a gap between contiguous transmissions from a mobile wireless communication network to a ...