ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,772, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (Fort Washington, Pa.).

"Setting up ultra-small or ultra-thin discrete components for easy assembly" was invented by Val Marinov (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among other things a method including releasing a discrete component from an interim handle and depositing a discrete component on a handle substrate, attaching the handle substrate to the discrete component, and removing the handle substrate from the discrete component."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/228,233.

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