ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,273, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Flow control arrangements with flow switches, semiconductor processing systems, and flow control methods" was invented by Glenn Holbrook (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control arrangement is provided including a housing seating inlet and outlet conduits is provided. An isolation valve is arranged within the housing and is fluidly coupled to the inlet conduit. A first flow switch with a first shutoff trigger is arranged within the housing and fluidly couples the isolation valve to the outlet conduit. A second flow switch with ...