ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,070, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Carrier with vertical grid for supporting substrates in coater" was invented by Bo Neilan (Byhalia, Miss.), Michael Potter (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments herein relate to carriers for supporting one or more substrate as the substrates are passed through a processing apparatus. In many cases, the substrates are oriented in a vertical manner. The carrier may include a frame and vertical support bars that secure the glass to the frame. The carrier may lack horizontal ...