ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,105, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Inpria Corp. (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Organotin oxide hydroxide patterning compositions, precursors, and patterning" was invented by Stephen T. Meyers (Corvallis, Ore.), Jeremy T. Anderson (Corvallis, Ore.), Brian J. Cardineau (Corvallis, Ore.), Joseph B. Edson (Corvallis, Ore.), Kai Jiang (Corvallis, Ore.), Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Ore.) and Alan J. Telecky (Albany, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Organometallic precursors are described for the formation of high resolution lithography patterning coatings based on metal oxide hydroxide chemistry. The precursor compositions generally compri...