US Patent Issued to Applied Materials on Aug. 11 for "Jig for alignment in relation to a process chamber, and related apparatus, systems, and methods" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,918, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Jig for alignment in relation to a process chamber, and related apparatus, systems, and methods" was invented by Kalaivanan Mohanadass (Santa Clara, Calif.), Shu-Kwan Lau (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Daniel Coschigano (Beacon, N.Y.) and Jayanth Devaraja Swamy (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alignment assembly includes a sensor and a lid that includes a first window. The alignment assembly also includes a rotary joint coupled to the lid. The alignment assembly also includes a jig coupled to the rotary joint and pivotable relative to the ...