ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,834, issued on June 23, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Molding system, molding method, and product manufacturing method" was invented by Yuya Morokawa (Tochigi, Japan) and Shinichiro Koga (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding system includes: a composition applying unit configured to apply a composition on a substrate; a molding unit configured to perform a molding process by bringing a mold into contact with the composition; a transport unit configured to transport the substrate between the composition applying unit and the molding unit; a unit configured to calculate an expected value of an interval time fr...