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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Michael Marinus Anna Steur, Eindhoven, NL;
Bas Jansen, Rosmalen, NL;
Andre Bernardus Jeunink, De Lutte, NL;
Johannes Adrianus Cornelis Maria Pijnenburg, Moergestel, NL;
Assignee:
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70716 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object table including: a holding surface for holding an object; and an actuator arrangement configured to exert a holding force on the object for holding the object to the holding surface, wherein the actuator arrangement is further configured to decrease a strain in the object caused by the holding force by sequentially detaching and re-attaching portions of the object from the holding surface, while the object is held to the holding surface.