ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,220, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for transmission of HARQ-ACK in wireless communication system" was invented by Sungjin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taehan Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Cheolkyu Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeongho Yeo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety...