ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,819, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SEASTAR CHEMICALS ULC (Sidney, Canada).

"Process for removing tin oxide deposits" was invented by Diana Fabulyak (Victoria, Canada), Rajesh Odedra (Altrincham, Great Britain), Wesley Phillip Graff (Singapore), Shaun Cembella (Victoria, Canada) and Cassidy Conover (Saanich, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Specific organometallic compounds of Formula I: Qx-Sn-(A1R1'z)4-x or Formula II: Sn(NR2(CH2)nA2)2 useful for the deposition of high purity tin oxide, as well as methods of using such compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions of organometallic compounds useful for the deposi...