US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on May 19 for "Method and system for forming material within a gap using meltable material" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,483, issued on May 19, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Method and system for forming material within a gap using meltable material" was invented by Timothee Blanquart (Oud-Heverlee, Belgium), Rene Henricus Jozef Vervuurt (Leuven, Belgium) and Jan Deckers (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for forming material within a gap on a surface of a substrate using metal material are disclosed. An exemplary method includes forming a layer of meltable material overlying the substrate and heating the meltable material to a flow temperature to form molten material that flows within the g...