ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,109, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS ICT MATERIA INC. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component manufacturing method, manufacturing film, and manufacturing tool" was invented by Eiji Hayashishita (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component manufacturing method includes: a step of arranging a plurality of electronic components in a state where electrodes are exposed, on a support having a substrate and a holding layer, with the holding layer interposed therebetween; and a step of evaluating electric characteristics of 80 or more of the electronic components among the electronic components arranged on the support...