ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,977, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea) and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Method for etching lithium niobate and method for forming lithium niobate pattern using the same" was invented by Ho Joong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Wook Han (Seoul, South Korea), Hyung Jun Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Hansuek Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Kyo Seo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyeon Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for etching lithium niobate, the method including a proc...