ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,582, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ADVANTEST Corp. (Tokyo).

"Device handling apparatus and device testing apparatus" was invented by Aritomo Kikuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device handling apparatus that handles a device under test (DUT), the DUT including a main body portion including a die, an optical fiber having one end connected to the main body portion, and a connector connected to the other end of the optical fiber, the device handling apparatus includes a holding head that holds the DUT while the optical fiber is separated from the holding head and a moving device that moves the holding head. The holdin...