ePAK International Enforces Patent Rights Against TexChem Advanced Packaging Products

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ePAK International, Inc. announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in California against TexChem Advanced Packaging Products alleging infringement of ePAK's patent related to its line of eLX™ Zero-Movement semiconductor wafer handling and transport canisters. 

ePAK has asserted that TexChem's 300mm HWS-RM Horizontal WaferShipper™ infringes ePAK's US Patent 6,988,620 entitled "Container With an Adjustable Inside Dimension That Restricts Movement of Items Within the Container."

ePAK is seeking an injunction to stop TexChem from producing or selling infringing containers.

ePAK's patented eLX™ Zero-Movement wafer canisters and the eLX™ system secure semiconductor wafers from breakage while providing enhanced protection to preserve bond pad and bump integrity.  Unlike conventional canisters the eLX system is designed with dynamic moving sidewalls to actively restrict lateral play between stacked wafers.  By actively preventing inter-wafer movement in shipping and handling surface feature damage can be eliminated and wafer die yields increased.

ePAK continues to invest in the development of enhanced products to meet the increasingly critical protection challenges for advanced semiconductor wafers.  As device geometries shrink, and as wafers continue to thin, ePAK's engineering and design team is working on new technologies to meet each challenge.

About ePAK
ePAK provides a broad and continuously expanding line of products to serve the semiconductor and electronics industry's needs for protective handling and transport of mission critical devices.  Our large scale and experienced central manufacturing and design center in Shenzhen, PRC is linked to our customers by a worldwide network of ePAK applications and support engineers.  Wherever you are, we are there and ready to help with new solutions to meet your needs.  For more information on ePAK and our specialty semiconductor and wafer handling products visit www.epak.com.

SOURCE ePAK International, Inc.