ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,107, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Compound fork device and system including the same" was invented by Cheng-Lung Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chih-Hung Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yang-Ann Chu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jiun-Rong Pai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound fork device includes a first prong and a second prong spaced apart from the first prong. Each of the first and second prongs has an upper surface and a lower surface which is depressed relative to the upper surface. The upper surfaces of the first and second prongs are configured to coope...