ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,029, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Crane and stocker system including the same" was invented by Youngon Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jihun Kim (Uiwang-si, South Korea) and Sanghyuk Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stocker system includes a main frame, a plurality of shelves disposed within the main frame, and a crane adjacent to the main frame. The crane includes a lower module that includes a plurality of lower profiles. An upper module is disposed on the lower module. The upper module includes a plurality of upper profiles and at least one ...