ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,683, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"In-line manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Doo Seon Yu (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Gyung Min Baek (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Eok Shin (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), You Jong Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Myung Soo Huh (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-line manufacturing apparatus includes a carrier that transports a substrate, a plurality of process chambers subjected to a manufacturing process on the substrate transported through the carrier, and a cooling part disposed adjacent to the carrier and movable with...