ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,550, issued on May 20, was assigned to GUDENG EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Inner pod holding device conducive to reducing dust contamination and optical inspection apparatus for inner pod" was invented by Yin-Feng Chan (New Taipei, Taiwan), Lin-Hsin Tu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ming-Mo Lo (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inner pod holding device conducive to reducing dust contamination comprises a separator, a plurality of supporters, a first positioning module, and a second positioning module. The separator defines a concealing space and a holding space. The plurality of supporters is disposed in the...