H10P 72/3404
Storage means
Official title: {Storage means}
H10P72/3404 (Storage means) appears on 993 US grants and 1,130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10P- Granted patents
- 993
- Published applications
- 1,130
- Assignees
- 256
- Inventors
- 1,781
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 16 | 9 |
| 2002 | 20 | 31 |
| 2003 | 24 | 34 |
| 2004 | 26 | 32 |
| 2005 | 16 | 24 |
| 2006 | 21 | 22 |
| 2007 | 10 | 42 |
| 2008 | 10 | 42 |
| 2009 | 13 | 38 |
| 2010 | 30 | 33 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 |
| 2012 | 24 | 23 |
| 2013 | 14 | 38 |
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| 2018 | 41 | 54 |
| 2019 | 52 | 54 |
| 2020 | 61 | 73 |
| 2021 | 58 | 72 |
| 2022 | 56 | 65 |
| 2023 | 61 | 77 |
| 2024 | 53 | 67 |
| 2025 | 57 | 58 |
| 2026 | 38 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method29 Sep 2026US 12,751,246 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Wafer storage device with particle-attraction object22 Sep 2026US 12,745,598 B2Taiwan Seimconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- System and method for automated wafer carrier handling8 Sep 2026US 12,733,440 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Stocker and stocker system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,691 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Article transfer apparatus and article transfer method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,695 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Storage system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296783 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Rack apparatus and method for operating wafer carrier handling system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305242 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- System and method for automated wafer carrier handling1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305243 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Systems and methods for tray cassette warehousing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293595 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Semiconductor processing system and method for operating the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282821 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fully automated and computerized conveyor based manufacturing line architectures adapted to pressurized sealable transportable containers604US 5,388,945 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers and its equipments568US 5,621,982 AShinko Electric Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Device for treating micro-circuit wafers515US 5,407,449 AASM International N.V. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for batch processing of wafers in a furnace511US 6,835,039 B2ASM International N.V. · 2004
- Treatment apparatus498US 5,562,383 ATokyo Electron Limited · 1996