ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,988, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Simulation method, simulation apparatus, storage medium, film forming method, and method of producing cured product" was invented by Tosiya Asano (Tochigi, Japan), Junichi Seki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuichiro Oguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a simulation method of predicting a behavior of a curable composition in a process of bringing a plurality of droplets of the curable composition arranged on a first member into contact with a second member and forming a film of the curable composition in a space between the first member and the...