ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,186, issued on July 14, was assigned to EBARA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Apparatus for plating and method of manufacturing apparatus for plating" was invented by Masaki Tomita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object of the present disclosure is to facilitate maintenance of components placed in a lower portion of a face down-type apparatus for plating. There is provided an apparatus for plating, comprising: a plating tank configured to store a plating solution therein; a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate in such a state that a plating surface of the substrate faces down; and a drawer unit mounted to the plating tank to be ...