ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,019, issued on July 22, was assigned to Applied Materials Israel Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Optimized saddle nozzle design for gas injection system" was invented by Yehuda Zur (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas injection nozzle that includes an elongated gas conduit that comprises: a first gas conduit segment configured to be coupled with a gas reservoir; a second gas conduit segment fluidly coupled to the first gas conduit segment and defining a downward curve of the elongated gas conduit; a third gas conduit segment defining an upward curve of the elongated gas conduit that extends to a sealed end and is disposed ...