ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,838, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Microwave and infrared heating units for wet chemicals" was invented by Ji James Cui (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chia-Hsun Chang (Changhua County, Taiwan), Chih Hung Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Liang-Guang Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tzu Kai Lin (Tainan, Taiwan), Chyi Shyuan Chern (Taipei, Taiwan) and Keith Kuang-Kuo Koai (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a wet chemical heating system and a method of transporting wet chemical. The method includes providing a wet chemical in a conduit, heating...