ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,077, issued on July 14, was assigned to GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Reticle pod having anti-collision gap structure" was invented by Ming-Chien Chiu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chia-Ho Chuang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Yi-Hsuan Lee (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Hsing-Min Wen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Hsin-Min Hsueh (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a reticle pod for receiving a reticle. The reticle pod includes a base and plural support device provided on the base for supporting the reticle. A first distance is defined between a peripheral area of a bo...