ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,080, issued on July 14, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"System and method for rapid inspection of printed circuit board using multiple modalities" was invented by Thomas F. Kent (Columbus, Ohio), Jeremiah P. Schley (Columbus, Ohio), Anthony F. George (Columbus, Ohio), Richard J. Higgins (Lewis Center, Ohio), Katie T. Liszewski (Powell, Ohio) and David Maung (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multispectral inspection (MSI) device for analyzing an electronic item having a printed circuit board (PCB). An electronic power supply powers the electronic item in accordance with one or more test ve...