ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,527, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to POINT ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Inspection device using electrically conductive contact pin" was invented by Bum Mo Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seung Ho Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Chang Hee Hong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically conductive contact pin includes a first connection portion, a second connection portion, a pair of support portions, a first elastic portion, and a second elastic portion, and is characterized in that a first connection portion contacts the pair of support portions to form a current path w...