ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. RE50,972, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Communication circuit for supporting communication function and electronic device including the same" was invented by Young Ju Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sung Chul Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a communication circuit. The communication circuit includes at least one receive amplifier configured to connect to an antenna and to low-noise amplify at least a part of a multi-band signal, and a transceiver including a mixer configured to mix the signal low-noise amplified by the at least...