ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,567, issued on March 3, was assigned to NITERRA Co. LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Holding device" was invented by Yasuaki Kimikado (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate-shaped member of a holding device has a first surface having a gas outlet, and a second surface having a gas inlet and positioned opposite to the first surface. The plate-shaped member includes a plane-parallel gas passage extending parallel to the first surface and including a connection hole, and a gas inflow/outflow passage connected to the connection hole and providing communication between the gas outlet or the gas inlet and the plane-parallel gas passag...