ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,437, issued on June 23, was assigned to ISC Co. LTD (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Test socket" was invented by Jong Woo Oh (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun Sik Yoon (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Byeung Ju Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test socket is capable of providing heat that is required to perform burn-in tests without any additional equipment, the test socket including: a connection portion 120; a frame 110 supporting the connection portion 120; and a heating wire 150 disposed on the frame 110."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2022, under Application No. 18/702,243.

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