ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,696, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Sample holder" was invented by Yoshinori Narazaki (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder of the present disclosure includes an aluminum nitride substrate and an internal electrode provided on the aluminum nitride substrate. The aluminum nitride substrate includes a plurality of aluminum nitride particles and aluminum oxynitride particles located in crystal grain boundaries of the plurality of aluminum nitride particles. Titanium is solid-solved in the aluminum oxynitride particles."
The patent was filed on July 6, 2021, under Application...