ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,804, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROOKS AUTOMATION (GERMANY) GMBH (Germany).
"Stocker pod, method and stocker for storing a semiconductor fabrication article" was invented by Lutz Rebstock (Gaienhofen, Germany) and Michael Alexander Schwetz (Winterthur, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stocker pod for storing a semiconductor fabrication article, the stocker pod including at least two components with at least one fixator, integrally formed with at least one of the at least two components of the stocker pod, the fixator being configured to immobilize the two or more components of the stocker pod relative to one another."...