US Patent Issued to Applied Materials on Aug. 4 for "Paddle chamber with anti-splashing baffles" (Montana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,568, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Paddle chamber with anti-splashing baffles" was invented by Nolan L. Zimmerman (Kalispell, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electroplating systems according to embodiments of the present technology may include a plating chamber configured to deposit metal material onto substrates positioned in the plating chamber. The plating chamber may include a rotor and a vessel. The electroplating systems may include at least one of baffle positioned in the plating chamber. The at least one baffle may define a plurality of slots. The at least one baffle may ...