US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on Nov. 18 for "Simultaneous selective deposition of two different materials on two different surfaces" (Finnish, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,631, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Simultaneous selective deposition of two different materials on two different surfaces" was invented by Michael Eugene Givens (Oud-Heverlee, Belgium), Eva Tois (Helsinki), Suvi Haukka (Helsinki), Daria Nevstrueva (Helsinki) and Charles Dezelah (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, methods are provided for simultaneously and selectively depositing a first material on a first surface of a substrate and a second, different material on a second, different surface of the same substrate using the same reaction chemistries. For exampl...