ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,923, issued on June 23, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Chip treating method" was invented by Masaru Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip treating method includes a first tape affixing step of affixing a first tape to a circular wafer, a ring frame unit forming step of removing a central part of the wafer to form a ring frame unit having an opening, and a chip disposing step of disposing chips on the first tape exposed in the opening."

The patent was filed on July 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/354,051.

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