US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Sept. 1 for "Apparatus and methods for handling semiconductor part carriers" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,437, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Apparatus and methods for handling semiconductor part carriers" was invented by Ren-Hau Wu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Yan-Han Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Cheng-Kang Hu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Feng-Kuang Wu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Hsu-Shui Liu (Pingjhen City, Taiwan) and Jiun-Rong Pai (Jhubei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for handling semiconductor part carriers are disclosed. In one example, an apparatus for handling semiconductor part carriers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a mechanical arm and an ima...