ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,005, issued on April 7, was assigned to National Cheng Kung University (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Grasping-response evaluation system" was invented by Hsiu-Yun Hsu (Tainan City, Taiwan), Li-Chieh Kuo (Tainan City, Taiwan), Fong-Chin Su (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Kang-Chin Yang (Pingtung County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grasping-response evaluation system includes: a base mechanism; a positioning module mounted in the base mechanism; a controlling device operable to control the positioning module to switch between the grasping and releasing states; a bob to be engaged with the positioning module in the grasping state; and a...