ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,499, issued on April 22, was assigned to Service Support Specialties Inc..
"Method and/or system for coating a substrate" was invented by Gary Hillman (Livingston, N.J.), Rajnish Tiwari (Harrison, N.J.) and Robert D. Mohondro (Hanover, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and/or method for coating a substrate. The system may include a chuck for holding and rotating the substrate, a dispensing subsystem for dispensing a coating material onto the substrate, and a shield member. The shield member may be movable towards and away from the substrate during the coating procedure. The shield member may have an inverted funnel shape. Th...