ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,637, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Membrane coating compound for chemical mechanical polishing process, membrane including the same, and polishing apparatus including the same" was invented by Yearin Byun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Inkwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangkyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane coating compound for a chemical mechanical polishing process, a membrane structure for a chemical mechanical polishing process, and a polishing apparatus for a chemical mechanical polishing process in which a wafer is holdable under...