ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,539, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Methods and apparatus for cleaning a vessel" was invented by Jereld Lee Winkler (Gilbert, Ariz.), Paul Ma (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Eric James Shero (Phoenix), Shubham Garg (Tempe, Ariz.), Jonathan Bakke (Phoenix), Todd Dunn (Cave Creek, Ariz.), Jacqueline Wrench (Mesa, Ariz.) and Shuaidi Zhang (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for cleaning a source vessel. The source vessel may be filled or partially filled with a solvent to form a solution. The solution is remov...