ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,991, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Foreign particle removing method, formation method, article manufacturing method, foreign particle removing apparatus, and system" was invented by Hisanobu Azuma (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of removing a foreign particle on a first member, comprising: supplying a composition on the first member; pressing a second member against the composition supplied on the first member; curing the composition on the first member after the pressing; and separating the second member together with the composition from the first mem...