ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,598, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RORZE Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Load port" was invented by Daigo Tamatsukuri (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load port control unit performs an opening operation of a sealable container according to a first operation procedure when a sensor has detected a normal placement of the sealable container, and retries the opening operation according to a second operation procedure for being able to more reliably perform the opening operation of the sealable container, to prevent a transfer device from stopping, when the sensor has detected a placement abnormality of the sealable con...