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Patent Inventor Names
Vinay Shah0
Martin R. Elliott0
Date of Patent
May 18, 2010
0Patent Application Number
112208970
Date Filed
September 6, 2005
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Patent abstract
In a first aspect, a first method of mapping contents of a substrate carrier is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) coupling a sensor to the substrate carrier or a loadport adapted to receive the substrate carrier; and (2) determining a presence or absence of a substrate in a slot of the substrate carrier using the sensor. Numerous other aspects are provided.
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