ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,255, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to XI'AN ESWIN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Xi'an, China).

"Heater and single crystal growing apparatus" was invented by Wenwu Yang (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater that may be included in a single crystal growing apparatus includes a heating body. The heating body has a bowl shape and has a bottom having an opening. The heating body is divided into a first heating zone and a second heating zone in the circumferential direction. The first heating zone includes a first main heating area and the second heating zone includes a second main heating area. The first main heating a...