ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,669, issued on July 28, was assigned to MITSUI CHEMICALS ICT MATERIA INC. (Tokyo).
"Protection film, method for affixing same, and method for manufacturing semiconductor component" was invented by Masao Nogami (Nagoya, Japan) and Akimitsu Morimoto (Kawasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method for affixing a protective film, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, and a protective film for use in the affixing method, which are capable of suppressing occurrence of a failure caused by a step on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer. The affixing method includes: an arrangement step of arranging a ...