ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,530, issued on March 3, was assigned to Ofinno LLC (Reston, Va.).

"Triggered TXOP sharing (TXS) time termination" was invented by Jeongki Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kiseon Ryu (McLean, Va.), Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, Va.) and Leonardo Alisasis Lanante (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A station (STA) receives, from an access point (AP), a first frame indicating a first time period of a transmission opportunity (TXOP); and a triggered TXOP sharing (TXS) mode. The STA transmits, to the AP or to a peer STA, based on the TXS mode, a second frame during the first time period. The STA transmits, to the AP, during the first time...