ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,693, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Excelitas Noblelight GmbH (Hanau, Germany).

"Method for drying a substrate and air-drying module and drying system" was invented by Bernhard Graziel (Hanau, Germany), Michael Tittmann (Hanau, Germany), Jens Bungener (Hanau, Germany), Vincent Krafft (Hanau, Germany) and Larisa Von Riewel (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for at least partially drying a substrate. The method includes: (a) directing a supply air flow onto the substrate with a direction component in either the transport direction, or the opposite direction and (b) directing an exhaust air flow away from the su...