Wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration

Gurary , et al. February 7, 2

Patent Grant D778247

U.S. patent number D778,247 [Application Number D/524,104] was granted by the patent office on 2017-02-07 for wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration. This patent grant is currently assigned to Veeco Instruments Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Veeco Instruments, Inc.. Invention is credited to Mandar Deshpande, Alexander Gurary, Aniruddh Parekh, Yuliy Rashkovsky.


United States Patent D778,247
Gurary ,   et al. February 7, 2017
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Wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration, as shown and described.
Inventors: Gurary; Alexander (Bridgewater, NJ), Deshpande; Mandar (Bridgewater, NJ), Parekh; Aniruddh (Milburn, NJ), Rashkovsky; Yuliy (New York, NY)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

Veeco Instruments, Inc.

Plainview

NY

US
Assignee: Veeco Instruments Inc. (Plainview, NY)
Family ID: 55358780
Appl. No.: D/524,104
Filed: April 16, 2015

Current U.S. Class: D13/182; D23/499; D23/386
Current CPC Class: H01L21/68764 20130101; C30B25/00 20130101; C23C16/4584 20130101; H01L21/68771 20130101; H01L21/68721 20130101
Current International Class: 1303
Field of Search: ;D14/356 ;D10/93,104.1,108,114 ;D8/4,25,52 ;D17/20,22,23 ;D23/323,328,333,335,336,337,341,352,357,370,385,386,397,399,400,406,411,413,499 ;D11/143,144 ;D13/182

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Primary Examiner: Rudzinski; Kevin
Assistant Examiner: Lough; Sean D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A.

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration according to the new design.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration shown in FIG. 1 detailing an enlarged portion corresponding to the area indicated in FIG. 1 that includes a single pocket and surrounding region in a perspective view.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of a wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration according to the new design shown in FIG. 1, with the left side, front, and rear views being the same as the right side view; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of a wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration according to the new design shown in FIG. 1.

The broken lines, where present, in FIGS. 1, 3, 4 & 5 illustrate portions of the wafer carrier with a multi-pocket configuration that represent environment of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot lines of FIG. 1 define the area corresponding to the enlarged portion shown in FIG. 3 and form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot and broken lines in FIG. 3 represent the edge of the enlarged portion of the design and form no part of the claimed design.

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