US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on May 20 for "Electronic prototyping interoperability" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,586, issued on May 20, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Electronic prototyping interoperability" was invented by Stephen Edward Hodges (Cambridge, Great Britain), Michal J. Moskal (Seattle), Gabriele D'Amone (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Alexander Devine (Cambridge, Great Britain), Jonathan Paul De Halleux (Seattle) and Thomas Jaudon Ball (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to prototyping systems, including hubs for electrically connecting devices. One example can include an electrically insulative substrate and at least two connector tabs defined by th...