ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,304, issued on April 7, was assigned to Pibond Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Silanol-containing organic-inorganic hybrid coatings for high resolution patterning" was invented by Thomas Gadda (Espoo, Finland), Luong Dang Nguyen (Espoo, Finland), Markus Laukkanen (Espoo, Finland), Kimmo Karaste (Espoo, Finland), Juha Rantala (Espoo, Finland) and Jonathan Glen (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silanol-containing organic-inorganic hybrid coatings on semiconductor substrates for forming patterns thereon. The present coatings can be produced by coating of semiconductor substrates with metal and silanol containing polyhydridosilsesquio...