US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, STI on April 14 for "Developing apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,007, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. and STI Co. LTD..

"Developing apparatus" was invented by Sungki Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Giljong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hakdoo Kim (Anseong-si, South Korea), Donggeun Hur (Anseong-si, South Korea) and Yoonsu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing apparatus includes a body; a buffer plate on the body and including a gas flow path; a vacuum plate on an upper surface of the buffer plate and having a gas supply hole in fluid communication with the gas flow path; and a slit block on an edge of the vacuum plate, the slit block a...