ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,371, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to WINDBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Measurement system and probe tip landing method" was invented by Hsueh-Cheng Liao (Yunlin County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe tip landing method for a measurement system is provided. The probe tip landing method includes performing a first descending operation to lower a probe toward a sample by a first descending distance; performing a second descending operation to lower the probe toward the sample; and performing an inspection operation during the second descending operation. The inspection operation includes an imaging operat...