US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on June 24 for "Method and system for forming material within a gap" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,003, issued on June 24, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Method and system for forming material within a gap" was invented by Timothee Blanquart (Oud-Heverlee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for forming material within a gap on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. An exemplary method includes depositing a soluble layer on a surface of the substrate and exposing the soluble layer to a solvent to thereby form solvated material within the gap. Exemplary methods can further include drying the solvated material and/or converting the solvated or dried material to another material."...