ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,560, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to POINT ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Electrically conductive contact pin and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Bum Mo Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seung Ho Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Tae Hwan Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are an electrically conductive contact pin formed by stacking a plurality of metal layers and a manufacturing method therefor, in which the electrically conductive contact pin has improved physical or electrical characteristics."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, under Applicati...