ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,996, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Efficient system information request method and apparatus of terminal in next generation mobile communication system" was invented by Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungri Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehyuk Jang (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) tec...