Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083063 | Reticle POD and supporting components therebetween A reticle POD, comprising a top cover, a bottom cover, and a plurality of supporting components deployed in the four corners of the bottom cover, the supporting component comprising: a base body perpendicularly assembled, on two sides of which being disposed with mo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083062 | Cardholder for gift card A cardholder for a card such as a gift debit card comprising an envelope and a folded-up sheet containing terms and conditions, the sheet being attached to the envelope, the envelope having a pocket adapted to receive and hold said card. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7975848 | Container and liner thereof A container having a top cover and a bottom cover is provided, which includes a canopy disposed on the bottom cover to form therewith a space to accommodate an article. A plurality of locators is disposed on a surface of the bottom cover so that when the bottom cove... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7958999 | Pallet for packing glass plate and glass plate packing unit A pallet for packing a glass plate include a base part which is disposed at a bottommost portion, for supporting from below a plurality of glass plates piled one upon another in an upright posture, and has a fork insertion portion for insertion of forks of a forklif... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7934598 | Protective film-integrated pouch for display panel Disclosed is a protective film-integrated pouch wherein a protective film to protect a display panel and a bag to cover and package the display panel are integrally formed. The protective film-integrated pouch includes a rectangular body, including upper and lower l... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931146 | Photomask case structure The present invention relates to a photomask case structure, and more particularly to a photomask case able to firmly fix position of a photomask, which includes an upper cover, a lower cover, supporters and position fixing pieces. Accordingly, when a photomask is r... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931145 | Cassette and handling system An embodiment of the invention provides a cassette comprising a top plate, a base plate, a plurality of posts arranged between the top plate and the base plate and defining an operation space, a securing device comprising a stop mechanism and a clamping mechanism an... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922000 | Thin plate container with a stack of removable loading trays A thin plate container includes: a tray stack for holding and housing semiconductor wafers in spaces between a plurality of stacked, removable loading trays; and an external container for housing the tray stack. At opposite ends of each of the loading trays, a pair ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7854324 | Shipping carrier A shipping carrier having a frame with an elongated tube and an elongated retainer attached to the tube. Dunnage made of a compressible material is attached to the retainer and that dunnage has a plurality of space for recesses, each of which has spaced-apart sides ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7775363 | High cleanliness article transport system A semiconductor reticle transportation container includes a box and a base, the box having an opening and the base including a reticle support. The reticle is placed on the support and the box is placed on the base so that the reticle passes through the opening whil... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775362 | Substrate accommodating apparatus with loop-shaped binding member A substrate accommodating apparatus (10) is constituted by stacking a plurality of accommodation bodies (20) on an upper surface of a rigid plate (15). Each accommodation body (20) is provided with a buffer (21) having elasticity a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7748532 | Cassette for holding disks of different diameters Various apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and handling hard memory disks. A disk carrier is provided with adjustably positionable side wall inserts. The inserts or panels may be moved between a plurality of positions to accommodate disks of differen... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735648 | Transport pod with protection by the thermophoresis effect A transport pod (1) of the invention for a mask or a semiconductor wafer (2) comprises a leakproof peripheral wall (3) surrounding an inside space (4) receiving the mask or the semiconductor wafer (2). Thermally conductive support ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731029 | Tray for loading substrates and package box for carrying the tray A tray for loading substrates includes a base, an outer frame, plural lateral supporters and plural corner bumps. The base has an upper surface with one or more grooves. The outer frame is located around four edges of the upper surface to thereby form a first space,... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7694817 | Container for storing substrate having ventilated lid and fan A container configured to hold a plurality of substrates lined up vertically with space therebetween, which includes a container main unit formed in a tube shape having a quadrangular cross section as a whole that includes a first opening provided on one end side an... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7624870 | Single thin plate storage container and shock-absorbing support members used therein A single thin plate storage container 1 includes a main body 2 for storing one thin wafer A4 inside and a lid attached to the main body 2. The single thin plate storage container 1 includes a bottom side support member 35 th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7604120 | Cushion structure Disclosed is a cushion structure, which includes a box, a holding structure and a first cushion therein. The first cushion includes a bearing part, two buffer parts and two supporting parts. The buffer parts are joined with two sides of the bearing part to form a fi... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604119 | Protective package for cushioning object with circular contour A protective and cushioning package (1) includes a base wall (2), two boxes (3), two flaps (4, 5), a device for maintaining the boxes (3) and the flaps (4, 5) in raised position; and for each box (3), an outer side wa... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604121 | Structure for fragile plate packaging and protection device Disclosed is an improved structure for a fragile plate packaging and protection device, comprising: a box main body provided with an accommodating space, a bottom plate, two first fixing elements, two second fixing elements, and a plurality of buffer elements having... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581639 | Photo mask retainer for photo mask delivery box A photo mask retainer, mounted inside a photo mask delivery box for holding a photo mask, in which the photo mask retainer includes a base, a U-turn extending from the top of the rear side of the base and curving toward the top side of the base, a bearing portion fo... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578390 | Cushion structure A cushion structure comprises a first fixing element, a second fixing element, a first cushion element, and a second cushion element. The first fixing element comprises a first board. The second fixing element comprises a second board and faces the first fixing elem... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7571808 | Packing materials for module of display apparatus The packing materials for the module of the display apparatus comprise a plane frame having an opening in its center, a side frame formed to be connected to the plane frame in the direction approximately perpendicular to the circumference of the plane frame, a combi... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7540381 | Reusable shipping container for fragile objects A reusable shipping container having hingeable lids is described for use in transporting fragile items and artwork, such as paintings, mirrors, and the like. The container is made up of two substantially parallel end panels, a bottom panel extending between and perp... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7441658 | Container for glass products A container for transporting a plurality of curved glass sheets lined up side by side. The container includes a bottom structure, such as a pallet, a back wall extending upward from the bottom structure, a first side wall connected to a first end of the back wall an... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431158 | Flexible substrate storage equipment and flexible substrate storing method A flexible substrate storage equipment of the present invention includes at least a pair of opposed members that constitute an outer frame of a storage equipment main body, wherein the pair of opposed members are disposed so as to maintain a predetermined interval t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431159 | Box-within-box reinforced shipping carton A packaging assembly for protecting a fragile article comprises a fragile article, packaging material around the fragile article, an outer carton containing the packaging material and the fragile article, and at least one cavity within the outer carton. The cavity i... | 10/07/2008 |
| RE40513 | Cushion system for wafer carriers In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a transport module suitable for 300 mm wafers has a cushioning system that attaches to the interior of an enclosure door. The system comprises a pair of upright parallel cushions, each comprising an elongate base portion w... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422107 | Kinematic coupling with textured contact surfaces A substrate kinematic coupling or guide plate for a substrate carrier having textured or patterned surfaces at the points of contact to reduce frictional forces generated between automated processing equipment and the kinematic coupling. The textured surface reduces... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410061 | Thin plate supporting container A thin plate supporting container includes a container body for housing therein semiconductor wafers, a lid unit for closing the container body, and slotted plates for supporting the semiconductor wafers from opposing sides. There are provided an upper fitting porti... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400383 | Environmental control in a reticle SMIF pod The present invention provides a standardized mechanical interface (SMIF) reticle pod that is configured to provide a controlled environment for supporting a reticle wherein the controlled environment is maintained substantially free of crystal growth causing contam... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395933 | Carrier to hold semiconductor device using opposed rollers A carrier for a semiconductor device includes a body having an opening formed therein to receive the semiconductor device and a pair of rollers to hold the semiconductor device between the rollers in the opening. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383955 | Thin plate supporting container A thin plate supporting container includes a container body for housing therein semiconductor wafers, a lid unit for closing the container body, and slotted plates for supporting the semiconductor wafers from opposing sides. There are provided an upper fitting porti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380668 | Reticle carrier A reticle carrier has a cover. A gasket is attached to the cover. A door mates with the cover. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377389 | System and method for hermetic packaging of glass sheets A system and method for hermetic packaging of glass sheets, that includes applying to the glass sheets surfaces that will be in contact with other adjacent glass sheets, from the cutting line, an anti-humidity chemical treatment that includes a watery solution from ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374044 | Cushion structure A cushion structure comprises a first fixing element, a second fixing element, a first cushion element, and a second cushion element. The first fixing element comprises a first board. The second fixing element comprises a second board and faces the first fixing elem... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370762 | Tray for batching, storing and transporting small parts, especially tools and method for using it A tray to place small parts (8,9) the parts each having a through hole (15) which makes the parts adapted to be spiked on a rod (7) for further processing or transportation. The tray (10) includes a top side; a bottom side; and support me... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367773 | Apparatus for combining or separating disk pairs simultaneously Various methods and apparatus are provided for merging and demerging pairs of disks. In one embodiment, pairs of merged disks are first separated and then transferred to separate cassettes such that all of the disks in the separate cassettes are oriented in the same... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363777 | Closed cassette and method for heat treating glass sheets A convection compatible closed cassette and method are described herein where the closed cassette is used to heat treat (compact) one or more glass sheets in a uniform manner and in a clean environment. In the preferred embodiment, the closed cassette includes multi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361404 | Coated article with removable protective coating and related methods A coated article is disclosed. The coated article of the invention includes a substrate having a surface and a removable protective coating comprising up to 100 weight percent of a carbon-containing material deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, where ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357256 | Wafer pod with working sheet holder A wafer pod. The wafer pod comprises a main body, a working sheet holder disposed on the main body, and a lock disposed between the working sheet holder and the main body. The working sheet holder is fixed to the main body by the lock to form an accommodating space.... | 04/15/2008 |
