ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,707, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Method for collective dishing of singulated dies" was invented by Anup Pancholi (Hillsboro, Ore.), Marvin Louis Bernt (Whitefish, Mont.), Vincent Dicaprio (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Ronald Patrick Huemoeller (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for substrate processing include attaching a plurality of dies to a first carrier, wherein each die has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side is attached to the first carrier and wherein the plurality of dies are spaced horizontally from one another on...