ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,735, issued on July 28, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Inspecting apparatus, peeling apparatus, and learned model generating method" was invented by Yuta Mizumoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspecting apparatus for inspecting an ingot having a polished surface includes a holding table configured to hold the ingot with the polished surface of the ingot exposed, a light source configured to irradiate the polished surface of the ingot held by the holding table with light at a predetermined incidence angle, an imaging unit configured to condense and photograph reflected light reflected by the polished surface of the ...