ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,020, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Nextchip Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Method, apparatus, and system for serial isolated communication" was invented by Hee Don Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), E Woo Chon (Seoul, South Korea) and Ho Hyon Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transmitting data, performed by a transmission device of a serial isolated communication system includes obtaining data to be transmitted, generating a plurality of data sets having 2 bits based on the data, determining a plurality of data pulse signals by encoding the plurality of data sets according to a preset rule, a...