ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,936, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VIA Technologies Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Circuit board, contact arrangement, and electronic assembly" was invented by Nai-Shung Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board has a surface and a contact arrangement on the surface. The contact arrangement includes contacts. The contacts are staggered. The contacts include multiple first ground contacts, multiple first signal contacts and multiple second signal contacts. The ground contacts are arranged along a first straight line. The first signal contacts are arranged on one side of the first straight line, and the...