ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,705, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Taro Usami (Ginan-Town, Japan) and Tatsuya Kuno (Nagoya-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a ceramic plate having a wafer placement surface on its upper surface and a built-in electrode; a base plate provided on a lower surface of the ceramic plate; a base plate through-hole that penetrates the base plate in an up-down direction; an insulating tube inserted into the base plate through-hole; an adhesive layer including an insula...