ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,930, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Wafer storage container processing apparatus" was invented by Junji Ishihara (Kanagawa, Japan), Hisaaki Miyasako (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yukinobu Nishibe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a wafer storage container processing apparatus that processes a wafer storage container including a body having a storage space connected to an opening and a door detachable from the opening, includes a stage having a disposition surface on which the wafer storage container is disposed; and a gas supply configured to suppl...