ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,243, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and FINE SEMITECH CORP. (Osan-Si, South Korea).

"Method of removing an adhesive for an EUV mask and method of reusing an EUV mask" was invented by Byungchul Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byunghoon Lee (Osan-si, South Korea), Myungjun Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Jikang Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Jeonghwan Min (Osan-si, South Korea), Kyoungchae Seo (Osan-si, South Korea) and Changyoung Jeong (Osan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive for an EUV mask includes an epoxy resin composition in an amount of 50 wt % to 80 wt % ba...