ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,454, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
"Pellicle membrane" was invented by Paul Janssen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Maxime Biron (Bromont, Canada), Inci Donmez Noyan (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Lourdes Ferre Llin (Geldrop, Netherlands), Adrianus Johannes Maria Giesbers (Vlijmen, Netherlands), Johan Hendrik Klootwijk (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jan Hendrik Willem Kuntzel (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Arnoud Willem Notenboom (Rosmalen, Netherlands), Anne-Sophie Rollier (Bromont, Canada), Ties Wouter Van Der Woord (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Pieter-Jan Van Zwol (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tr...