MUMBAI, India, March 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417098422 A) filed by Plansee Usa Llc, Franklin, U.S.A., on Dec. 12, 2024, for 'cathode holding assembly and arc chamber support assembly with the cathode holding assembly.'

Inventor(s) include Ngo, Nam; Duerrhammer, Gerhard; Boyer, Jacob; Schaper, Florian; Hacker, Dustin; Payne, Mason; Johnson, Surf; and Dalager, Andrew.

The application for the patent was published on March 28, under issue no. 13/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A cathode holding assembly to be mounted on an arc chamber support of an ion implanter includes a cathode holding plate (3), an insulator block (4), and a shield cap (5). The...