ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,004, issued on July 22, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Device and method of filling grooves" was invented by Rob Jacob Hendriks (Waalre, Netherlands), Robin Bernardus Johannes Koldeweij (Gorinchem, Netherlands) and Md Tahmid Hossain (Helmond, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to a deposition system, a method and use of such system for filling a groove provided into surface of a workpiece with a printable medium, in particular a highly viscous paste. The system includes a deposition head that includes a ...