ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,925, issued on June 23, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Jigs and methods of teaching substrate handling in semiconductor processing systems using jigs" was invented by Dongyang Chen (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig for teaching substrate handling in a semiconductor processing system includes a verification pin with a pin width and a disc body. The disc body has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a thickness separating the second surface from the first surface of the disc body. The first and second surfaces define a verification aperture coupling the first...