ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,520, issued on June 16, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V. (Munich).

"Method of coating a coating region on a front surface of a substrate and apparatus for a thermal evaporation system" was invented by Wolfgang Braun (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a method of coating a coating region (58) on a front surface (56) of a substrate (50) with a source material (40) thermally evaporated and/or sublimated from a source (30) by electromagnetic radiation (80). Further, the present invention is related to an apparatus (100) for a ther...