ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,611, issued on March 24, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Peripheral component interconnect express slot v-guide modification" was invented by Osvaldo Rodriguez (Bronx, N.Y.), Scott Bellamey (Rochester, Minn.), John David Spangenberg (Round Rock, Texas) and William Rod Groce (Liberty Hill, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, a hardware interface is provided, the hardware interface comprising a receiver configured to receive an adapter, the receiver having an insertion slot formed therein such that an opening of the insertion slot is...