ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,999, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Film forming apparatus and article manufacturing method" was invented by Hirotoshi Torii (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film forming apparatus forms, on a substrate, a film formed of a cured product of a curable composition. The apparatus includes a dispenser including an end face where a discharge outlet for discharging the curable composition is arranged, and a reference part having a lower end lower than the end face, and configured to discharge the curable composition downward from the discharge outlet so as to arrange the curable composition on the su...