ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,351, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Digital exposure system" was invented by Won Seok Chang (Daejeon, South Korea), Won-Sup Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyunmin Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Gee Hong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyung Jun Lim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital exposure system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a light source that radiates light onto a substrate, a digital mirror device that forms a two-dimensional pattern image by selectively transmitting light emitted from the light ...