ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,661, issued on March 24, was assigned to GLOBAL UNICHIP Corp. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Chip storing device" was invented by Chih-Chieh Liao (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Yu-Min Sun (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Chih-Feng Cheng (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip storing device includes a supporting frame, an elastic airbag and an airtight container. The supporting frame includes a loading tray having a receiving slot and a positioning portion. The receiving slot is used for containing a packaged chip. The positioning portion is disposed within the r...