US Patent Issued to EBARA on Sept. 9 for "Anode holder, and plating apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,535, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to EBARA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Anode holder, and plating apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Kanda (Tokyo), Hironari Ikeda (Tokyo), Masaaki Kimura (Tokyo) and Mizuki Nagai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an anode holder capable of reducing consumption of an additive in a plating apparatus, and a plating apparatus. An anode holder for holding an anode for use in a plating apparatus is provided, and the anode holder includes an inner space formed in the anode holder, to house the anode, a mask including a plurality of holes, and configured to cover a front surface of the inner space, a...