The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted patent EP4478679B1, titled 'Machine-learning architectures for broadcast and multicast communications.' This patent, effective March 18, 2026, covers novel machine learning architectures developed by inventors Jibing Wang and Erik Richard Stauffer. The International Patent Classification (IPC) indicates relevance to machine learning (G06N) and telecommunications (H04W, H04L).

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