ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,914, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Liquid dispensing system and methods" was invented by Channing Chan (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Kuo-Shu Tseng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chun-Chih Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dispensing a liquid includes a conduit, the conduit being configured to convey the liquid; a dispensing tip fluidically coupled to the conduit; and a movable arm, the movable arm being configured to change a position of the dispensing tip relative to a workpiece to which the liquid is dispensed. The dispensing tip includes a first se...