ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,796, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Modular test system" was invented by Matthew Borsini (Northborough, Mass.), Leland W. Thompson (Tustin, Calif.), Michael Rijo (San Jose, Calif.), Samuel Hudson (Foxborough, Mass.) and Robert Proulx (Holden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular test system includes a modular controller subsystem coupled to a modular tested subsystem by a modular intermediary subsystem. The modular intermediary subsystem transmits communications between the modular controller subsystem and the modular tested subsystem during testing operations performed by the modu...