Patents by Inventor Pascal Pinna

Pascal Pinna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Workpiece sorter operating with modular bare workpiece stockers and/or closed container stockers
    Patent number: 6848876
    Abstract: A reticle management system is disclosed including a sorter coupled to one or more stockers that allow a customized configuration of the overall reticle management system. The stockers may be bare reticle stockers, closed container reticle stockers, or both. In embodiments of the present invention, the reticle management system includes between one and six individual bare reticle stockers and/or closed container stockers for storing reticles affixed to a reticle sorter. The sorter includes a reticle inspection station for inspecting the reticles, a plurality of input/output (I/O) load ports and a reticle handling robot for transferring the reticles between the stockers, the inspection station and the I/O load ports. The management system further includes a control unit for housing control electronics for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Asyst Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Babbs, William J. Fosnight, Tim Cosentino, Mark Sammut, Pascal Pinna, Russell Zemen
  • Workpiece sorter operating with modular bare workpiece stockers and/or closed container stockers
    Publication number: 20020094257
    Abstract: A reticle management system is disclosed including a sorter coupled to one or more stockers that allow a customized configuration of the overall reticle management system. The stockers may be bare reticle stockers, closed container reticle stockers, or both. In embodiments of the present invention, the reticle management system includes between one and six individual bare reticle stockers and/or closed container stockers for storing reticles affixed to a reticle sorter. The sorter includes a reticle inspection station for inspecting the reticles, a plurality of input/output (I/O) load ports and a reticle handling robot for transferring the reticles between the stockers, the inspection station and the I/O load ports. The management system further includes a control unit for housing control electronics for the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel A. Babbs, William J. Fosnight, Tim Cosentino, Mark Sammut, Pascal Pinna, Russell Zemen