ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,140, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Versterkerstraat, Netherlands).

"Showerhead assembly and components" was invented by Dinkar Nandwana (Tempe, Ariz.), Carl Louis White (Gilbert, Ariz.), Eric James Shero (Phoenix), William George Petro (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Herbert Terhorst (Amersfoort, Netherlands), Gnyanesh Trivedi (Tempe, Ariz.), Mark Olstad (Chandler, Ariz.), Ankit Kimtee (Phoenix), Kyle Fondurulia (Phoenix), Michael Schmotzer (Chandler, Ariz.) and Jereld Lee Winkler (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to embodiments of a showerhead assembly which can be used to ...