ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,782, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method" was invented by Sangjine Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihwan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kuntack Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a processing container having a processing space, a substrate support configured to support a substrate, a fluid supplier configured to supply a processing fluid in a supercritical state to the processing space, a shower head assembly configured to diffuse the proce...