ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,195, issued on April 29, was assigned to NANYA TECHNOLOGY Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Coater cup deformation testing device and method of coater cup deformation testing" was invented by Li-Chung Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Cheng Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chuan-Chen Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coater cup deformation testing device includes a supporting board, a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is located on a first side surface of the supporting board. The first plate is circular and has a first diameter. The second plate is located on the first plate or on a second side surface of the suppor...