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Semi-conductor processing system

CA 1267978 C · Owner: Shimizu Construction Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Iwasawa, Yoshiyuki; Ishida, Tsutomu; Kobayashi, Shintaro

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A semiconductor processing system which includes: a first semiconductor wafer cassette for housing semiconductor wafers; a first transfer pod for enclosing the first cassette airtightly, the first pod having a box-like pod body with an open bottom and a bottom plate detachably attached to the pod body for closing the bottom of the pod body; a wafer processing equipment having a loading for receiving the cassette and a canopy covering the loading port, the processing equipment processing the wafer in the first cassette when the cassette is received in the loading port; and a first mechanism for transferring the first cassette between the loading port of the processing equipment and the first …

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  • Granted April 17, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 17, 2007.
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FiledNovember 20, 1986
GrantedApril 17, 1990
Term endedApril 17, 2007
Patent numberCA 1267978 C
Classification (IPC)H01L21/00 +1 more

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1987199019931996199920022005Application filedNov 20, 1986Patent grantedApril 17, 1990Term endedApril 17, 2007

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