ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,746, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PHINIA Jersey Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Method of recycling integrated circuits" was invented by Sushant Lingras (Troy, Mich.), Alan Mattiazzo (Troy, Mich.), David Pierce (Troy, Mich.) and Yeshwant Bhoskar (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of recycling an integrated circuit (IC) from a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided and includes identifying a target device on a used printed circuit board. The used board is subjected to a screening process including visually inspection and meeting certain criteria. The used printed circuit board is discarded if it is rejected by...