ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,627, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to YOUNGTEK ELECTRONICS Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for transferring objects and transfer apparatus using the same" was invented by Tsan-Hsiung Lai (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Guang-Chen Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yang-Chieh Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wei-Liang Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ping-Lung Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for transferring objects and a transfer apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes the following steps: controlling, during a first period, the ejector at an ejecting working position to perform an ejecting process along with a first dir...