ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,243, issued on May 20, was assigned to FormFactor Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Space transformers configured to be utilized in a probe system, probe systems that include the space transformers, and related methods" was invented by Ernest Gammon McReynolds (Beaverton, Ore.), Timothy E. Lesher (Beaverton, Ore.), Pratik Bakul Ghate (Beaverton, Ore.), Shean Thomas McMahon (Seal Beach, Calif.), Jerry Martynuik (Beaverton, Ore.), David Raschko (Tigard, Ore.), Daniel Bock (Portland, Ore.) and Andrew Nelson (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Space transformers configured to be utilized in a probe system to facilitate electrical c...