ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,459, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for identifying security key in next generation mobile communication system" was invented by Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building...