US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on May 26 for "Methods and apparatus for a valve assembly" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,765, issued on May 26, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Methods and apparatus for a valve assembly" was invented by Anirudhan Chandrasekaran (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jereld Lee Winkler (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present technology may provide a valve assembly that activates chemistry using UV light. The valve assembly includes a primary valve manifold connected to secondary valve manifolds. A transparent connector may be disposed between the primary valve manifold and the secondary valve manifold. A UV light may be disposed adjacent to the transparent connector."...