ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,790, issued on July 21, was assigned to ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
"Tool for modifying a support surface" was invented by Bert Dirk Scholten (Best, Netherlands), Peter Andreas Maria Billekens (Meterik, Netherlands), Tiannan Guan (Best, Netherlands), Tjarco Lindeijer (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Harold Anton Mehagnoul (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jimmy Matheus Wilhelmus Van De Winkel (Kessel, Netherlands), Cas Johannes Petrus Maria Van Nuenen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Hendrikus Theodorus Jacobus Franciscus Van Verseveld (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Marcus Martinus Petrus Adrianus Vermeulen (Leende, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent...