ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,839, issued on April 15, was assigned to SMART PHOTONICS HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Manufacturing a semiconductor structure" was invented by Maria Johanna Helena Jochem (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure comprising: depositing a first layer in contact with a first surface area of a substrate; depositing a second layer in contact with a second surface area of the substrate, the second surface area substantially co-planar with and outwards of the first surface area; depositing a third layer in contact with the first layer and the second layer; removing ...