US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Feb. 3 for "Storage buffer for automated material handling system" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,534, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Storage buffer for automated material handling system" was invented by Chieh Hsu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Guancyun Li (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Ching-Jung Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Storage systems and method of using the same are provided. An exemplary storage system according to the present disclosure includes a storage device including a plurality of storage locations arranged in an upright stadium shape and a plurality of load ports each movable to engage any of the plurality of storage locations."

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