ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,383, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Apparatus, system, and method for backdrilling vias based on depth measurements taken during primary drilling applications" was invented by Daniel J Prezioso (Newbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for backdrilling vias based on depth measurements taken during primary drilling applications is disclosed. This system may include a drilling machine configured to drill holes into circuit boards via a conductive drill bit and circuitry communicatively coupled to the drilling machine. The circuitry may be configured to measur...