US Patent Issued to Yield Engineering Systems on April 21 for "Substrate holder" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,796, issued on April 21, was assigned to Yield Engineering Systems Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Substrate holder" was invented by Craig W. McCoy (San Jose, Calif.) and Christopher T. Lane (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that includes a holder body configured to hold a substrate at edge portions of the substrate. The holder body includes a first layer and a second layer parallel to the first layer, forming a slot between the two layers to receive the substrate. The apparatus further includes one or more detent rotational locking mechanisms attached to the holder body. The apparatus further includes one or mor...