ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,421, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AM-Flow Holding B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Swing arm manipulator for displacing objects on an object carrier surface of an object carrier" was invented by Gideon May (Amsterdam), Nick De Zwart-Janssen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Julien Maarten Jan Bol (Valkenswaard, Netherlands) and Jonathan Van Der Spek (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved swing arm manipulator is provided for displacing objects on an object carrier surface of an object carrier. The swing arm manipulator includes a swing arm rotatable around a rotation axis transverse to the object carrier surface. The swing arm include...