Latest Patents

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Title Filing Date Publication Date Grant Date
Substrate carrier 2023-1-26 2023-4-11
Substrate alignment method and apparatus 2023-1-10 2023-4-11
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEALTH EVALUATION OF CONVEYOR 2022-12-27 2023-4-11
Substrate processing equipment 2022-12-23 2023-3-14
Substrate processing device and substrate transfer device 2022-12-23 2023-3-10
Substrate transfer section 2022-12-02 2023-2-14
Seal switched reluctance motor 2022-10-13 2022-12-20
Simulacrum labware substitutes and methods therefor 2022-8-12 2023-2-16
Substrate transport apparatus 2022-8-10 2022-10-19
Automated Cryogenic Storage System 2022-7-13 2023-3-02
Sealed robot drive 2022-6-22 2022-8-30
Sample tube and method 2022-5-24 2022-7-27
Method and apparatus for health assessment of a transport apparatus 2022-5-24 2023-1-19
Test Tube Capping And De-Capping Apparatus 2022-5-12 2022-9-01
Sample tube and rack to reduce ice formation on barcode 2022-4-29 2022-11-10
Sample storage and extraction system 2022-4-28 2022-7-20
Method and apparatus for substrate alignment 2022-4-05 2022-10-20
Substrate transport apparatus 2022-3-15 2022-8-25
Capping And De-Capping Apparatus And A Method Of Operating Such An Apparatus 2022-2-03 2022-6-09
Tube holding microplate 2022-2-02 2022-4-12
Position feedback for sealed environment 2021-12-28 2022-4-12
Automated Vault Module 2021-12-07 2022-3-31
Substrate processing apparatus 2021-12-07 2022-5-26
Substrate processing apparatus 2021-12-07 2022-6-02
Consumption medium replenishment station 2021-12-02 2022-2-16
Method and apparatus for brushless electrical machine control 2021-11-23 2022-5-19
On the fly automatic wafer centering method and apparatus 2021-7-21 2021-10-28
Substrate mapping apparatus and method therefor 2021-6-29 2021-12-30
Substrate transport apparatus with independent accessory feedthrough 2021-6-01 2021-9-23
Transport apparatus and process apparatus 2021-4-01 2021-7-26
Substrate transport apparatus 2021-1-22 2022-2-01 2022-2-01
Vessel gripper 2021-1-20 2022-11-30
Tube sealer 2020-12-23 2021-11-23 2021-11-23
Substrate processing apparatus 2020-12-02 2022-10-12
Modular sample store 2020-11-17 2021-5-20
Semiconductor processing tool 2020-10-30 2021-2-18
Substrate processing apparatus 2020-9-17 2021-1-28
Tool auto-teach method and apparatus 2020-9-08 2022-10-11 2022-10-11
Cryogenic temperature freezer 2020-9-02 2021-1-14
Wafer aligner 2020-8-07 2020-11-19
Substrate transfer device with multiple movable arms utilizing mechanical … 2020-8-04 2020-11-19
robotic implantable vision device 2020-7-30 2022-12-09
Substrate processing system 2020-7-02 2020-10-15
Automated system for storing, retrieving and managing samples 2020-6-30 2020-10-22
Substrate process apparatus 2020-6-15 2022-4-20
Semiconductor workpiece processing system 2020-6-03 2020-10-08
Method of operation for transport arm of substrate of substrate processing … 2020-2-19 2020-6-11
Substrate transfer device 2020-2-06 2020-5-14
Tray engine and methods for transferring trays to and from tools and in sorters 2020-1-10 2020-4-23
Substrate transport apparatus 2019-11-28 2020-4-02
Load port module 2019-11-26 2022-1-19
Load port module 2019-11-26 2022-1-26
Conveyor equipment with linear bearings and methods for doing so 2019-10-31 2022-1-17
Substrate transfer system, substrate processing apparatus, and substrate … 2019-9-19 2020-1-16
Processing device including on-the-fly substrate centering 2019-8-23 2019-12-19
Substrate processing device, substrate carrier, and substrate processing system 2019-8-05 2019-11-14
Semiconductor component processing system 2019-7-26 2019-10-31
Board transfer device 2019-5-31 2021-9-27
Method of carrying-in and carrying-out substrate and substrate conveying … 2019-4-04 2019-8-29
Method for controlling supply of helium refrigerant in cryogenic refrigeration … 2019-3-27 2019-6-20
Board transfer device 2019-3-18 2021-11-11
Automated cryogenic storage and retrieval system 2019-3-15 2021-1-27
Compact and efficient system and method for warming cryogenic heat exchanger … 2019-2-01 2019-4-25
Automatic wafer centering method and equipment 2019-1-29 2021-5-13
Substrate transport apparatus 2018-11-20 2020-5-21
Transport device and adapter pendant 2018-7-09 2020-8-31
Storage system 2018-5-16 2018-8-23
Access allocation system and operation method for semiconductor manufacturing … 2018-4-20 2018-8-02
Method and apparatus for transporting substrates 2018-2-07 2020-2-27
A capping and de-capping apparatus and a method of operating such an apparatus 2018-2-05 2019-12-04
Method and apparatus for position compensation of a substrate transfer device 2018-1-26 2020-2-20
Workpiece parallel processing device 2017-11-22 2018-2-22
Method and device for compensation for dimensional variations in low … 2017-10-17 2020-8-11 2020-8-11
Automatic positioning substrate transfer apparatus 2017-9-14 2017-12-21
Substrate processing equipment 2017-7-07 2019-9-12
Sample selector 2017-4-25 2018-10-16 2018-10-16
Ventilation assisted passive cell freezing device 2017-1-03 2017-6-29
Coaxial drive vacuum robot 2016-12-27 2017-7-13
Substrate processing apparatus with motors integrated with chamber walls 2016-11-04 2017-1-26
Cryopump 2016-10-24 2017-1-19
Load lock fast pump vent 2016-10-24 2018-4-26
On the fly automatic wafer centering method and apparatus 2016-7-13 2018-7-04
Reduced capacity carrier, carrier machine, load port, buffer device system 2016-4-26 2016-9-29
Turn-Secure Rack 2016-2-05 2018-1-25
System for cryogenic cooling 2015-9-24 2015-12-17
Method And Apparatus For Providing Temperature Control To A Cryopump 2015-9-11 2016-3-10
Port door positioning apparatus and associated methods 2015-4-10 2015-7-09
Integrated system interacting with container storage system for substrate 2015-4-02 2015-8-13
Portable cryogenic workstation 2015-1-20 2016-11-30
Substrate transportation device accompanying a plurality of independent movable … 2014-11-04 2015-3-19
Substrate processing apparatus 2014-10-17 2015-3-05
Extended read range rfid system 2014-10-10 2015-1-29
Cryogenic refrigerator utilizing linear drive 2014-10-09 2015-1-08
Robot driving device having magnetic spindle bearing 2014-10-03 2015-2-26
Substrate loading device 2014-8-04 2014-12-04
Device and method for removing a peelable seal 2014-6-26 2018-2-20 2018-2-20
Substrate handling system for aligning and orienting substrates during a … 2013-11-25 2015-5-28
Semiconductor manufacturing device 2013-10-25 2014-4-03
High-speed substrate arrangement apparatus 2013-9-02 2014-1-23
Wafer center detection 2013-5-28 2013-11-14