ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,722, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Wafer container" was invented by Wonguk Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various example embodiments, there may be provided a wafer container comprising a housing configured to receive a plurality of wafers, the housing including an open front surface, a shutter configured to shut the open front surface of the housing, the shutter including an opening through which the wafers enter one by one, and a lifter configured to lift the shutter to position the opening at a desired height."
The patent was fi...