US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on July 28 for "Mobile stocker and methods of operation" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,670, issued on July 28, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Mobile stocker and methods of operation" was invented by Rong Syuan Fan (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ching-Jung Chang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chi-Feng Tung (Jhunan Township, Taiwan) and Hsiang Yin Shen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile stocker described herein is configured to be easily installed and relocated to various locations in a semiconductor fabrication facility. The mobile stocker is capable of being programmed with, and/or autonomously learning, the layout of a semiconductor fabrication facility, and automat...