ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,257, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Film-forming atomizer, film-forming apparatus, and film-forming method" was invented by Hiroshi Hashigami (Annaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film-forming atomizer atomizing a raw material liquid with ultrasonic wave to generate a raw material mist, includes: a raw material container containing the raw material liquid; a propagation vessel containing an intermediate liquid as a medium for propagating the ultrasonic wave to the raw material liquid; a support mechanism to support the raw material container so that at least a part of the raw material...