ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,377, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MIRAIAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Substrate storage container" was invented by Kouji Kubota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate storage container according to the present invention is configured such that: a substrate W slides with respect to a second contact surface 601 at least when transitioning from a state in which an container body opening is not closed by a lid to a state in which the container body opening is closed by the lid, or when transitioning from a state in which the container body opening is closed by the lid to a state in which the container body opening is not closed...