ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,109, issued on June 2, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Methods and apparatus to multiplex differential signals between multiple ports" was invented by Srikanth Vellore Avadhanam Ramamurthy (Bengaluru, India), Akansha Rai (Bengaluru, India), Amar Kanteti (Bangalore, India), MD Anwar Sadat (Richardson, Texas) and David Liu (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus having a first and second data terminal and including a first transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal; a second transistor having a first terminal and a control terminal, the first terminal of the ...