Patents Examined by Gregory E. Webb
  • Patent number: 11955353
    Abstract: A temperature adjustment device includes a flow path plate that includes a flow path groove, a heat transfer plate that faces the flow path groove, and a thermoelectric module plate that is connected to the heat transfer plate. A surface roughness of the flow path plate is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.25 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KELK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Hideaki Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 11912960
    Abstract: Surfactant systems and compositions incorporating the same are disclosed for use as rinse aids on plastics and other wares. The surfactant systems and compositions include both liquid and solid formulations, along with methods of use for treating plastics and other wares. The surfactant systems and compositions provide synergistic combinations allowing lower actives in composition formulations of the plastic-compatible surfactant systems providing good sheeting, wetting and drying properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Janel Marie Kieffer, Terrence P. Everson, James S. Dailey, Thomas Gessner, Juergen Tropsch
  • Patent number: 11908720
    Abstract: Disclosed are a CMP wafer cleaning apparatus, and a wafer transfer manipulator and a wafer overturn method for same. The wafer transfer manipulator includes: a transverse transfer shaft, with same only being located at a side of a cleaning unit; a transverse transfer carriage provided on the transverse transfer shaft, and capable of transversely moving along the transverse transfer shaft; a first vertical lifting shaft provided on the transverse transfer carriage, and capable of vertically moving on the transverse transfer carriage; a rotary table provided on the first vertical lifting shaft; and a first claw clamping arm connected to the rotary table, and driven by the rotary table to move in a rotational manner. The CMP wafer cleaning apparatus is provided, and when the CMP wafer cleaning apparatus fails, safe storage of a polished wafer can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SIZONE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Linghan Shen, EdwardLiCang Lee
  • Patent number: 11905499
    Abstract: Provided is a high-purity isopropyl alcohol in which the concentration of a C7-12 acetal compound is 100 ppb or less on a mass basis, the concentration of the acetal compound in an accelerated test involving heating for 4 hours at 80° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere is increased by a factor of 30 or less with respect to the value thereof prior to heating, and the concentration of the acetal compound is maintained at a value of 100 ppb or less on a mass basis. Also provided is a method for manufacturing said high-purity isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hosaka, Masanari Ishizuki
  • Patent number: 11905491
    Abstract: In general, the invention provides high pH cleaning compositions for dielectric surfaces such as PETEOS, SiO2, thermal oxide, silicon nitride, silicon, etc. The compositions of the invention afford superior surface wetting, dispersion of particles and organic residues, and prevents redeposition and re-agglomeration of the dispersed residue during cleaning to afford superior cleaning and low defectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniela White, YoungMin Kim, Michael L. White
  • Patent number: 11905490
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning liquid that effectively removes in a short time organic residues and abrasive grains derived from a slurry in a semiconductor substrate in which a Co contact plug and/or Co wiring are present. The present invention relates to a cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a substrate having a Co contact plug and/or Co wiring, which contains one or more reducing agents and water. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a cleaning liquid composition for cleaning a substrate having Co and not having Cu, which contains one or more reducing agents and water and has a pH of 3 or more and less than 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Areji Takanaka
  • Patent number: 11898123
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that contains 1) at least one redox agent; 2) at least one chelating agent, the chelating agent being a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid; 3) at least one corrosion inhibitor, the corrosion inhibitor being a substituted or unsubstituted benzotriazole; 4) at least one sulfonic acid; and 5) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Emil A. Kneer, Thomas Dory, Atsushi Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11884900
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions that are used to clean semiconductor substrates. These cleaning compositions can remove the defects/contaminants arising from previous processing on the semiconductor substrates and thereby make the substrates appropriate for further processing. The cleaning compositions described herein primarily contain at least one pH adjusting agent and at least one biosurfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary L. Schaefer, Eric Turner, Carl Ballesteros
  • Patent number: 11866676
    Abstract: A cleaning agent composition for use in removal of a polysiloxane adhesive remaining on a substrate, the composition containing a tetrahydrocarbylammonium fluoride and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains an alkylene glycol dialkyl ether and a lactam compound represented by formula (1). (in formula (1), R101 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group, and R102 represents a C1 to C6 alkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Tetsuya Shinjo, Ryo Karasawa, Takahisa Okuno
  • Patent number: 11859152
    Abstract: To provide a substrate pattern filling composition capable of suppressing pattern collapse and a method for using the same. A substrate pattern filling composition comprising a first solute (A), a second a solute (B) and a solvent (C), and a method for using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yuko Horiba, Hiroko Kuboki, Tatsuro Nagahara
  • Patent number: 11851638
    Abstract: Provided is a means capable of sufficiently removing organic residues on the surface of an object to be polished after polishing. A surface treatment composition includes a polymer having a building block represented by Formula (1) in [Chemical Formula 1], a chelating agent, and water and is used to treat the surface of an object to be polished after polishing, and the chelating agent has at least one of a phosphonic acid group and a carboxylic acid group. In Formula (1), R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshino, Sonosuke Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 11845912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning liquid composition and a cleaning method using the same. A polishing slurry composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a chelating agent containing an organic salt; and an anionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KCTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ga Young Jung, Yong Ho Jeong, Kun Hee Park, Young Gon Kim, Young Ho Yoon, Young Lok Yoon
  • Patent number: 11820965
    Abstract: An aqueous cleaner composition providing good lubricity for obtaining superior cleaning and anti-streaking results on hard surfaces such as glass and stainless steel as well as plastic windows and the like. The cleaner composition includes water, isopropyl alcohol, droplets of polydimethylsiloxane dispersed within the cleaner composition for creating a lubricated surface. According to one implementation, sodium dodecyl sulfate is the surfactant which assists in soil removal. Essential oils can be added for fragrance, and colorants added for visual appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Lembit Randmae, Rein S Randmae
  • Patent number: 11814603
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid detergent composition for tableware and/or kitchen hard articles containing: (a) a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 10.5 or less; (b) a surfactant selected from amine oxide-type surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and nonionic surfactants with an HLB of 11 or more; and (c) an organic solvent with a log Pow of 0 or more and 1.5 or less, wherein a proportion of component (a) in all surfactants is 30 mass % or more and 85 mass % or less, a mass ratio of the content of (c) to the content of (a), (c)/(a), is 1 or more and 10 or less, and a viscosity at 20° C. is 20 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Hozumi
  • Patent number: 11817309
    Abstract: Provided are: a method of producing heated ozone water, the method capable of producing heated ozone water having an extremely high ozone concentration by suppressing a reduction in the ozone concentration in high-concentration heated ozone water; heated ozone water; and a semiconductor wafer-cleaning liquid using the heated ozone water. A method of producing heated ozone water obtained by dissolving ozone in pure water, the method being characterized by including: adjusting a pH of the pure water to 3 or less by adding acid to the pure water; to obtain an acid water, dissolving an ozone gas in the acid water; and heating the pure water, the acid water or the ozone water, to 60° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NOMURA MICRO SCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shirai, Takeshi Sakai, Takayuki Jizaimaru
  • Patent number: 11807836
    Abstract: Provided is a high-purity isopropyl alcohol in which the concentration of a C7-12 acetal compound is 100 ppb or less on a mass basis, the concentration of the acetal compound in an accelerated test involving heating for 4 hours at 80° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere is increased by a factor of 30 or less with respect to the value thereof prior to heating, and the concentration of the acetal compound is maintained at a value of 100 ppb or less on a mass basis. Also provided is a method for manufacturing said high-purity isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hosaka, Masanari Ishizuki
  • Patent number: 11807837
    Abstract: Provided is a composition having high affinity for the surface of an adhesive, and excellent long-term storage stability. This composition comprises: a quaternary alkylammonium fluoride or a hydrate of a quaternary alkylammonium fluoride; and an aprotic solvent, wherein the aprotic solvent includes (A) an N-substituted amide compound having 4 or more carbon atoms and not containing active hydrogen on a nitrogen atom, and (B) an ether compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Nakazaki, Kuniaki Miyahara, Tomoyuki Fukuyo
  • Patent number: 11807832
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid detergent composition for tableware and/or kitchen hard articles containing: (a) a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 10.5 or less (provided that (b) is excluded); (b) a glycoside having a hydrocarbon group with 8 or more and 18 or less carbons and a glycoside group with an average degree of condensation of 0.5 or more and 3 or less; and (c) an organic solvent with a logPow of 0 or more and 1.5 or less [hereinafter, referred to as component (c)], wherein the content of (a) in all surfactants is 30 mass % or more and 95 mass % or less, a mass ratio of component (c) to the content of (a), (c)/(a), is 2 or more and 8 or less, and a viscosity at 20° C. is 20 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Hozumi
  • Patent number: 11788036
    Abstract: A composition for use in cleaning metal components having Hansen Solubility Parameters for the composition of ?D?15, ?P<6, and ?H from about 5.5 to about 6.9. The composition includes a blend of organic solvents, none of which are classified as a volatile organic compound, a hazardous air pollutant, or a potential carcinogen, or exhibit a vapor pressure of less than 0.1 mmHg at 20° C. Further, the blend of organic solvents includes a halogenated aromatic solvent having one or more halide groups and from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, an organic solvent having one or more ester functional group and from 3 to 9 carbon atoms, and one or more of a linear or branched hydrocarbon solvent with 6-12 carbon atoms with a single polar moiety head group or a solvent containing one or more ketone functional groups and from 2 to 5 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VGP IPCO LLC
    Inventor: Jacob Bonta
  • Patent number: 11773352
    Abstract: A composition including a compound having structural formula (I): Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 1-3 atoms; n is 0-2; x is 1-3; and Rf? and Rf? are (i) independently, a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms; or (ii) are bonded together to form a ring structure having 4-8 carbon atoms. The composition further includes a hydrocarbon contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sean M. Smith, Michael J. Bulinski, Michael G. Costello, Forrest A. Coughlin, Hui Ren, Zai-Ming Qiu