ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,988, issued on March 31, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Production method for a micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device" was invented by Heribert Weber (Nuertingen, Germany), Andreas Scheurle (Leonberg, Germany), Hans Artmann (Boeblingen-Dagersheim, Germany), Peter Schmollngruber (Aidlingen, Germany), Thomas Friedrich (Moessingen-Oeschingen, Germany) and Uwe Schiller (Tuebingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production method for a micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device. The method includes: forming a supporting structure composed of a first ...