ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,471, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CHROMA ATE INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Multiphase thermal interface component, method of forming the same and electronic device testing apparatus provided with the same" was invented by Yu-Wei Chuang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Xin-Yi Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Jui-Che Chou (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiphase thermal interface component, a method of forming the same, and an electronic device testing apparatus provided with the same are provided. The multiphase thermal interface component includes a thermal interface solid element and a thermal interface fluid material. The thermal ...