ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,943, issued on June 24, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Apparatus for storing and transporting semiconductor elements, and method of making the same" was invented by Tse-Lun Hsu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Fang-Yu Liu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Tzu-Chung Tsai (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first front side wall, a first rear side wall, a top wall, and at least one pivotal pin structure extending from the first rear side wall. The at least one pivotal pin structure comprises a base, a shaft, and...