ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,679, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBH (St. Florian am Inn, Austria).

"Substrate holder device and method for bonding" was invented by Jurgen Markus Suss (St. Florian am Inn, Austria) and Jurgen Mallinger (St. Florian am Inn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a substrate holder device at least including at least one control valve and at least one substrate holder with a substrate holder surface and a substrate holder rear side. Furthermore, the invention relates to bonding device and a method for bonding."

The patent was filed on July 8, 2020, under Application No. 18/011,226....