ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,104, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ASML Netherlands B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
"Freeze valve in a target material generator" was invented by Wyatt Duvall (San Diego) and Ethan Marcus Swerdlow (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A freeze valve includes: a valve sleeve defining an axial bore that is in fluid communication with a first fluid port; and a valve body defining an axial opening between an axially-closed end that is received within the axial bore and an axially-open end that is in fluid communication with a second fluid port. The valve body includes one or more through holes formed in a longitudinal section of ...