ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,001, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

"Methods for sample scheme generation and optimization" was invented by Pierluigi Frisco (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sample scheme generation includes obtaining measurement data associated with a set of locations; analyzing the measurement data to determine statistically different groups of the locations; and configuring a sample scheme generation algorithm based on the statistically different groups. A method includes obtaining a constraint and/or a plurality of key performance indicators associated with a ...