The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a design patent, USD1118552S1, for a substrate carrier. The patent was granted to APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. and lists Bhaskar Prasad, Thomas Brezoczky, Kirankumar Neelasandra Savandaiah, Aditya Kumar, and Vijet Patil as inventors. The patent application was filed on October 24, 2023, and includes a single claim.

This is a routine grant of intellectual property protection for a new design. There are no immediate compliance obligations for other entities. However, companies operating in the semiconductor manufacturing or related equipment sectors should be aware of this patent for potential licensing or infringement considerations.