ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,687, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Vessel for containing precursor" was invented by Herbert Terhorst (Amersfoort, Netherlands), Anne Geertruid Maria Spruit (Utrecht, Netherlands), Davide Proserpio (Zeist, Netherlands) and Theodorus G.M. Oosterlaken (Oudewater, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vessel for containing a precursor in liquid or solid form is disclosed. The vessel comprises an inlet port for supplying a gas to the interior of the vessel and an outlet port for removing a gas from the interior of the vessel, the inlet port and the outlet port being spaced apart in a f...