US Patent Issued to ENTEGRIS on April 8 for "Reticle pod having latch including ramped surface" (Minnesota, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,110, issued on April 8, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Reticle pod having latch including ramped surface" was invented by Russ V. Raschke (Chanhassen, Minn.), Caleb Elwell (Manitou Springs, Colo.) and Matthew Reber (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reticle pods include interfacing surfaces to secure segments of the reticle pod to one another. At least one of the interfacing surfaces is a ramped surface, such that when the reticle pods are secured to one another, the reticle is clamped between reticle contacts provided on the segments of the reticle pod. When the reticle pod is assembled and contains a ...