MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647041922 A) filed by Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, U.S.A., on April 1, for 'passive lift pin assembly.'
Inventor(s) include Brezoczky, Thomas; Savandaiah, Kirankumar Neelasandra; Manivannan, Srinivasan; and Rengaraj, Arun.
The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A substrate support assembly includes a substrate support that is moveable between a raised position, a lowered position below the raised position, and an intermediate position between the raised and lowered positions. A lift pin is disposed in a hole through the su...