ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,750, issued on May 27, was assigned to Avex-SG Technology Inc. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Gas curtain device for front opening unified pod" was invented by Jin-Bor Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Tsan-Hua Huang (Taichung, Taiwan), Shun-Yi Hsu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Tzu-Hung Hsu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas curtain device for a front opening unified pod has a casing. At least one first gas guide plate is disposed in the casing. The first gas guide plate has a first gas guide region. The first gas guide region has a plurality of first gas guide holes. A second gas guide plate is disposed at a distal end of the casing. The ...