ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,764, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MIRAIAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Substrate-accommodating container" was invented by Chiaki Matsutori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The container main body includes a tubular wall portion having an opening circumferential portion provided at one end portion and the other end portion being closed, the opening circumferential portion having a container main body opening portion formed therein. The substrate storing space can store a substrate and communicates with the container main body opening portion. A central fixed member is provided to the wall portion of the container main body so as to ...