ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,471, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Enovix Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Mechanical stripping of sacrificial layer" was invented by Ki Tae Park (Santa Clara, Calif.), Chaojun Shi (Palo Alto, Calif.), Yoshifumi Shimizu (Cupertino, Calif.), Kim Lester Fortunati (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Ashim Shatil Hague (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for removing alternate material from a foil while minimizing the amount of alternate material particles that are deposited on the surface of an active material. For example, a web may comprise an active material on a first portion of a foil and an alt...