ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,176, issued on Feb. 25.

"System and method for trace generation and reconfiguration on a breadboard or printed circuit board" was invented by Albert Moses Haim (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer program product for automated circuit trace generation and reconfiguration on a circuit board, includes a circuit board having a plurality of contact points; a switching matrix coupled to the contact points of the circuit board, and connected to a computer. The switching matrix is programmed by the computer to generate one or more circuit traces onto the contact points of the circuit board."

The patent...