ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,432, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASYS AUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEME GMBH (Dornstad, Germany).

"Unloading device for a substrate magazine, substrate magazine" was invented by Markus GlaB (Achstetten, Germany), Matthias Baiker (Vohringen, Germany) and Alexander Strehl (Dellmensingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to an unloading device for a substrate magazine, wherein the substrate magazine has multiple drawers in which substrates are arrangeable for storage or temporary storage, having at least one controllable conveyor belt on which substrates can be placed, and having at least one controllable grip...