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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond J. Bloom, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Advantek, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/900 ;
Abstract
A microchip carrier tape has a plurality of sets of pockets for accommodating microchips. Each set of pockets has side walls and end walls joined to bottom walls. The side walls in selected pockets have recesses at the juncture of the side walls with end walls. The bottom walls of the pockets have extensions that inhibit nesting or copulation of portions of the tape that are superimposed when wound on a reel.