ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,026, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for operating conveying system" was invented by Yong-Jyu Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Fu-Hsien Li (Taichung, Taiwan), Chen-Wei Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chi-Feng Tung (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Hsiang Yin Shen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a conveying system is provided. An overhead hoist transport (OHT) vehicle is provided, wherein the OHT vehicle includes a gripping member configured to grip and hold a carrier, and a receiver configured to receive a signal. The signal is transmitted to the...