ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,678, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBH (St. Florian Am Inn, Austria).

"Apparatus with deformable heater and method for heating a substrate thereof" was invented by Jurgen Burggraf (Scharding, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for heating a substrate. The apparatus including a heater and a substrate holder with a substrate holder surface, wherein the substrate to be heated can be placed on the substrate holder surface, the apparatus further includes means for exerting forces on the heater, the apparatus further includes a control unit for controlling the means, wherein the heater is...