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Laser processing device and laser processing method
Patent number
12,269,125
Issue date
Apr 8, 2025
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Takafumi Ogiwara
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Inspection device and processing system
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12,272,577
Issue date
Apr 8, 2025
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Takeshi Sakamoto
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Method to detect a defect on a lithographic sample and metrology sy...
Patent number
12,271,115
Issue date
Apr 8, 2025
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
Toufic Jabbour
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Substrate inspection system and a method of use thereof
Patent number
12,258,665
Issue date
Mar 25, 2025
JNK TECH
Youngjin Choi
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Mitigation of undesired spectral effects in optical metrology
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12,259,338
Issue date
Mar 25, 2025
Onto Innovation Inc.
Petar Žuvela
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Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices using MOIRÉ patterns
Patent number
12,259,662
Issue date
Mar 25, 2025
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Woohyeok Jeong
G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Apparatus and method of measuring uniformity based on pupil image a...
Patent number
12,260,539
Issue date
Mar 25, 2025
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Minho Kim
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System and method for detecting a defect in a specimen
Patent number
12,253,472
Issue date
Mar 18, 2025
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
Richard Paul Good
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Scatterometry overlay metrology with orthogonal fine-pitch segmenta...
Patent number
12,253,805
Issue date
Mar 18, 2025
KLA Corporation
Vladimir Levinski
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Method of evaluating semiconductor wafer
Patent number
12,247,927
Issue date
Mar 11, 2025
Sumco Corporation
Motoi Kurokami
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Detection apparatus, detection method, exposure apparatus, exposure...
Patent number
12,241,846
Issue date
Mar 4, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Kazuya Kijima
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Wafer metrology technologies
Patent number
12,241,924
Issue date
Mar 4, 2025
FemtoMetrix, Inc.
Viktor Koldiaev
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Method and setup for detecting surface haze of materials
Patent number
12,241,845
Issue date
Mar 4, 2025
Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology Co., Ltd.
Wei Gao
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Method for defect inspection, system, and computer-readable medium
Patent number
12,235,223
Issue date
Feb 25, 2025
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Takanori Kondo
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Wafer storage devices configured to measure physical properties of...
Patent number
12,237,189
Issue date
Feb 25, 2025
Micron Technology, Inc.
Nagasubramaniyan Chandrasekaran
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Pupil ellipsometry measurement apparatus and method and method of f...
Patent number
12,228,499
Issue date
Feb 18, 2025
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Jaehwang Jung
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Inspection substrate
Patent number
12,220,839
Issue date
Feb 11, 2025
Disco Corporation
Yoshikatsu Soejima
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Method and device for detecting placement of wafers in wafer cassette
Patent number
12,217,988
Issue date
Feb 4, 2025
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Yu-Ting Chou
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ULED chip, uLED substrate and method for manufacturing the same, el...
Patent number
12,218,273
Issue date
Feb 4, 2025
BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
Yuju Chen
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Non-contact apparatus for measuring wafer thickness
Patent number
12,209,853
Issue date
Jan 28, 2025
Fujikoshi Machinery Corp.
Chihiro Miyagawa
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Edge defect detection via image analytics
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12,211,195
Issue date
Jan 28, 2025
Applied Materials, Inc.
Yash Chhabra
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Measurement system and measurement method
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12,203,870
Issue date
Jan 21, 2025
Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd.
Lu Chen
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Process tool for analyzing bonded workpiece interface
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12,205,855
Issue date
Jan 21, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Hau-Yi Hsiao
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Pattern inspection device and pattern inspection method
Patent number
12,205,272
Issue date
Jan 21, 2025
NuFlare Technology, Inc.
Hiromu Inoue
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Ingot evaluation method and detecting apparatus
Patent number
12,203,871
Issue date
Jan 21, 2025
GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
Hsiu Chi Liang
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Method for inspecting pattern defects
Patent number
12,196,687
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Ju-Ying Chen
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Inspection apparatus and method of inspecting wafer
Patent number
12,196,669
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Martin Priwisch
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Defect inspection apparatus and defect inspection method
Patent number
12,196,673
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Takeru Utsugi
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Method and apparatus for efficient high harmonic generation
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12,196,688
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
ASML Netherlands B.V.
Petrus Wilhelmus Smorenburg
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System and method for determining post bonding overlay
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12,197,137
Issue date
Jan 14, 2025
KLA Corporation
Franz Zach
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING DEFECT OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE
Publication number
20250116612
Publication date
Apr 10, 2025
UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION(UIF), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Mann Ho CHO
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ENHANCED MODES FOR SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPE INSPECTION IN SEMIC...
Publication number
20250116598
Publication date
Apr 10, 2025
KLA Corporation
Daniel Ivanov Kavaldjiev
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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MODEL-BASED ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEPTH-METROLOGY OF SPECIMENS
Publication number
20250116597
Publication date
Apr 10, 2025
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
Guy Shwartz
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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THIN FILM MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE
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20250116613
Publication date
Apr 10, 2025
UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION(UIF), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
Mann Ho CHO
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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MULTI-PHASE INTERFEROMETER FOR 3D METROLOGY
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20250109934
Publication date
Apr 3, 2025
ORBOTECH LTD.
Yuri Paskover
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING A COUPLING MIRROR TO AN OP...
Publication number
20250102446
Publication date
Mar 27, 2025
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
Menachem LAPID
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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ULTRABROADBAND PHOTOCONDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFECT DENS...
Publication number
20250102448
Publication date
Mar 27, 2025
Oregon State University
Kyle Timothy Vogt
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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BLUR REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION
Publication number
20250102822
Publication date
Mar 27, 2025
ONTO INNOVATION INC.
Jian Ding
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Electrical Performance Prediction Based On Structural Measurements...
Publication number
20250105064
Publication date
Mar 27, 2025
KLA Corporation
Zhengquan Tan
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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SYSTEMS FOR PARSING MATERIAL PROPERTIES FROM WITHIN SHG SIGNALS
Publication number
20250093277
Publication date
Mar 20, 2025
FemtoMetrix, Inc.
Viktor Koldiaev
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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METHOD FOR INSPECTING PATTERN DEFECTS
Publication number
20250093278
Publication date
Mar 20, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Ju-Ying CHEN
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT FOR LITHOGRAPHY
Publication number
20250093787
Publication date
Mar 20, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing company Ltd.
YUNG-YAO LEE
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH MULTIWAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD
Publication number
20250085215
Publication date
Mar 13, 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Tai-Yu CHEN
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Testing Apparatus and Testing Method
Publication number
20250076215
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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MULTIDIRECTIONAL ILLUMINATION FOR HYBRID BONDING DEFECT DETECTION
Publication number
20250076212
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
Applied Materials, Inc.
Venkatakaushik VOLETI
H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED INSPECTION OF SURFACES WITH SPECULAR...
Publication number
20250076183
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
ORBOTECH LTD.
Haim Chayet
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Patent Application
FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INSPECTION METHOD, FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INSPECTION A...
Publication number
20250076213
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
TOSHIKI ITO
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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SPECTRAL ANGULAR METROLOGY
Publication number
20250076208
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
KLA Corporation
Amnon Manassen
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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METHOD OF INSPECTING A MARK ENGRAVED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE
Publication number
20250078249
Publication date
Mar 6, 2025
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Minwoo JEON
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ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS INCLUD...
Publication number
20250067680
Publication date
Feb 27, 2025
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Dong Hoon SONG
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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DETERMINATION METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS
Publication number
20250067664
Publication date
Feb 27, 2025
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Hirokazu UEDA
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Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF PATTERNED STRUCTURE...
Publication number
20250067683
Publication date
Feb 27, 2025
NOVA LTD
Amir Shayari
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DURATION-BASED SAMPLE PATH ADJUSTMENT
Publication number
20250060317
Publication date
Feb 20, 2025
KLA Corporation
Arthur Kalman
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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HYBRID X-RAY AND OPTICAL METROLOGY AND NAVIGATION
Publication number
20250060324
Publication date
Feb 20, 2025
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Francisco Machuca
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD
Publication number
20250052667
Publication date
Feb 13, 2025
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Jooyoun KANG
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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DUAL LENS INSPECTION DEVICE
Publication number
20250052690
Publication date
Feb 13, 2025
SUN YANG OPTICS DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
SHENG CHE WU
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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INSPECTION APPARATUS, LINEARLY MOVABLE BEAM DISPLACER, AND METHOD
Publication number
20250044236
Publication date
Feb 6, 2025
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Douglas C. CAPPELLI
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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THIN FILM THICKNESS ADJUSTMENTS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROMETR...
Publication number
20250044073
Publication date
Feb 6, 2025
ORBOTECH LTD.
Yulia Lovsky
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Surface Inspection Device
Publication number
20250044240
Publication date
Feb 6, 2025
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Ayumi TOMIYAMA
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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EDGE DEFECT DETECTION VIA IMAGE ANALYTICS
Publication number
20250045900
Publication date
Feb 6, 2025
Applied Materials, Inc.
Yash Chhabra
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING