ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,118, issued on July 22, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Manufacturing method of protective-component-provided workpiece" was invented by Norihisa Arifuku (Tokyo) and Masamitsu Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece. The manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece includes a step of dissolving a thermoplastic resin whose solubility parameter is equal to or higher than 8.5, in a liquid ultraviolet-curable resin, to prepare a liquid mixed resin, a step of supplying the mixed resin to a support surface of a support tabl...