ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,969, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in wireless communication" was invented by Anna Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiho Kil (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwonyeol Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonseok Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ilmuk Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices, systems, and techniques described herein provide for efficient communications between devices to reduce power consumption while maintaining performance. In some aspects, a terminal may adjust a transmission power limit for...