ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,744, issued on May 27, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Processing apparatus" was invented by Yuta Takemura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing apparatus includes a holding table having a holding surface that holds a workpiece and is smaller than the workpiece, a processing unit that processes the workpiece held by the holding table, an imaging unit that images the workpiece held by the holding table, and a controller. The holding table has a reflecting unit that surrounds the holding surface and is allowed to be positioned below an edge of the workpiece held by the holding surface, and at least part of the reflec...