ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,221, issued on March 31, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Resist topcoat composition, and method of forming patterns using the composition" was invented by Ran Namgung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Shinhyo Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daeseok Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minki Chon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jun Soo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyun-Woo Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun-Ji Song (Anyang-si, South Korea), Young Joo Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Suk-Koo Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Pat...