ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,719, issued on July 28, was assigned to GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Substrate container equipped with stabilizing support and smooth tray connection" was invented by Ming-Chien Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chia-Ho Chuang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Kuo-Hua Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan), En-Nien Shen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Jyun-Ming Lyu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a substrate container which includes at least one support for substrates. The support has plural ribs distantly separated with each other. The ribs define multiple slots and a carrying plane for receiving a ...