ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,865, issued on July 21, was assigned to ICHOR SYSTEMS INC..

"Method of controlling fluid flow" was invented by Sean Joseph Penley (Sparks, Nev.), Michael Maeder (Riverview, Fla.), Marcos E. Perez-Blanco (Sparks, Nev.) and Tyler James Wright (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for processing articles are essential for semiconductor fabrication. In one method of controlling gas flow, a processing system is provided, the processing system having first and second fluid supplies. The first fluid supply is coupled to a first apparatus for controlling flow and the second fluid supply is coupled to the second apparatus for con...