US Patent Issued to Intel on July 29 for "Carrier chuck comprising a plurality of magnets and methods of forming and using thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,482, issued on July 29, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Carrier chuck comprising a plurality of magnets and methods of forming and using thereof" was invented by Yosef Kornbluth (Phoenix), Whitney Bryks (Tempe, Ariz.), Ravindranadh Eluri (Tempe, Ariz.), Aaditya Anand Candadai (Chandler, Ariz.) and Srinivas Pietambaram (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a carrier chuck having a base plate with a top surface, a plurality of first magnets positioned in a first region of the top surface, the plurality of first magnets configured to produce a first electromagnetic fiel...