ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,479, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Substrate reversing method with reversing mechanism" was invented by Yuichi Takayama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate treating apparatus and a substrate reversing method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a supporting portion, a transport mechanism, and a reversing mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a first suction portion and a hand driving unit. The reversing mechanism includes a second suction portion and a rotation driving unit. When the transport mechanism transports a substrate to the supporting portion, the fir...