ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,748, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method and variable system for adjusting workpiece-supporting module" was invented by Chun-Ting Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chien-Chih Liao (Taichung City, Taiwan), Pei-Yin Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan), Jen-Ji Wang (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Yu-Sheng Lai (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for adjusting a workpiece-supporting module includes: setting initial support position information of a workpiece, the initial support position information including positions of support devices and a spacing value for ...