ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,908, issued on March 17, was assigned to EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBH (St. Florian am Inn, Austria).

"Substrate holder and method for fixing and bonding a substrate" was invented by Thomas Plach (St. Florian am Inn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate holder for mounting a substrate, comprising fixing elements for fixing the substrate, wherein the fixing elements can be grouped into zones, and a corresponding method."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/922,505.

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