ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,598, issued on July 28, was assigned to LOTUS APPLIED TECHNOLOGY LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Methods and systems for improved deposition products" was invented by Eric Dickey (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods and systems for selective atomic layer deposition. Cycle-by-cycle post-processing of the thin film occurs during growth of the thin film, instead of conducting post-processing after completion of the thin film. Thin films with improved properties result."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/544,205.

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