ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,689, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).
"Method and apparatus for controlling a liquid" was invented by Harihara Krishnan Krishnamoorthy (Tempe, Ariz.) and Eric Jen Cheng Liu (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus capable of controlling a liquid may provide a source vessel to contain the liquid and an inlet tube for flowing the liquid into the source vessel. The inlet tube may extend into the source vessel and may be arranged to direct the flowing liquid onto a sidewall of the source vessel."
The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2022, under Application No. 17/942,244.
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