ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,248, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Substrate polishing apparatus, substrate polishing method using the same, and semiconductor fabrication method including the same" was invented by Hyojin Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Songyun Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Yong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Keon-Woo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a substrate polishing method comprising placing a substrate into a substrate polishing apparatus, rotating each of the substrate and a polishing pad of the substrate polishing apparatus, allow...