ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,854, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Modular system validation platform for computing devices" was invented by David Ness Schneider (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Alex Levin (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes apparatuses, systems, and techniques directed to a modular system validation platform for computing devices. The modular system validation platform includes an interface board for interfacing a host with a peripheral. The interface board includes an apparatus identifier, a first connector configured to couple to the host, and a second connector configured to ...