ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,428, issued on May 19, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Shadow walls for use in fabricating devices" was invented by Elvedin Memisevic (Delft, Netherlands), Amrita Singh (Delft, Netherlands) and Pavel Aseev (Delft, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shadow wall for controlling directional deposition of a material is arranged on a substrate. The shadow wall comprises a base portion and a bridge portion. The base portion is arranged on the substrate and is configured to support the bridge portion. The bridge portion overhangs the substrate. The shadow wall may have improved compatibility wi...