US Patent Issued to Kulicke and Soffa Industries on Sept. 1 for "Wire guides, wire bonding systems, and related methods" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,503, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (Fort Washington, Pa.).

"Wire guides, wire bonding systems, and related methods" was invented by Amey Vidvans (Newport Beach, Calif.), Christoph B. Luechinger (Irvine, Calif.), Frank Daniels (Irvine, Calif.) and Tyler Ownby (Celina, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire guide configured for use with a wire bonding system is provided. The wire guide includes a body portion configured to receive a wire. The body portion includes a tip portion at an end of the body portion. The tip portion defines an opening through which the wire exits the wire guide. The t...