US Patent Issued to Free Form Fibers on Sept. 16 for "High purity ingot for wafer production" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,763, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Free Form Fibers LLC (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.).

"High purity ingot for wafer production" was invented by Shay L. Harrison (East Schodack, N.Y.), John L. Schneiter (Cohoes, N.Y.), Joseph Pegna (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Ram K. Goduguchinta (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Kirk L. Williams (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and Erik G. Vaaler (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a high purity ingot for wafer production, such as a silicon carbidewafer. Precursors are added to a reactor; at least part of a fiber is formed in the reactor from the precursors using chemical deposition ...