US Patent Issued to FormFactor on Sept. 8 for "Probe systems and methods of operating probe systems" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,143, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FormFactor Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Probe systems and methods of operating probe systems" was invented by Jorg Hertwig (Radeberg, Germany) and Benedikt Marx (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Probe systems and methods of operating probe systems. The probe systems include a chuck that defines a support surface. The probe systems also include a cover plate. The probe systems further include a probe positioner that includes a positioner base, a manipulator that extends from the positioner base, and a probe arm that extends from the manipulator. The probe systems also include a prob...