ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,660, issued on March 17, was assigned to ADEKA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Compound, thin-film forming raw material, thin-film, and method of producing thin-film" was invented by Chiaki Mitsui (Tokyo) and Masako Hatase (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound is represented by the following general formula (1), a thin-film forming raw material including the compound, a thin-film, and a method of producing a thin-film: wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R5 and R6 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, A represents an alkanediyl group...