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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109353 | METHOD FOR MODELING A DEFECT MANAGEMENT ROUTINE IN A MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND FOR HANDLING THE DEFECT DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS BASED ON THE DEFECT MANAGEMENT ROUTINE A method models a defect management routine. Both the modeling and a handling are executed within a manufacturing execution system. During an engineering phase: modeling the production process and creating a library of possible defect types which may occur; assigning th... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING CONDITIONS AND OR DATA PREPARATION PROCESSES A set of optical rule checker (ORC) markers are identified in a simulated lithographic pattern generated for a set of data preparation parameters and lithographic processing conditions. Each ORC marker identifies a feature in the simulated lithographic pattern that viol... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083915 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING GLASS PROPERTIES Methods and apparatus for predicting viscosities of glass materials as a function of temperature and composition are provided. Two fitting parameters (fitting coefficients) are used for each of the viscosity-affecting components contained in the material. The parameters... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072000 | MODELLING OF A PROPERTY OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD OR BOARD Properties of an end product, such as paper, paperboard or board, are important for the user of the end product. To be able to manufacture an end product of desired quality, it is important to know what kind of paper pulp used for manufacturing the end product results i... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053720 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS FOR A RECOVERY BOILER A method and a system for optimization of parameters for a recovery boiler in a pulp mill are disclosed. An exemplary method is based on use of a first principle mathematical model to estimate parameters that are otherwise not measurable, to accurately control the perfo... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048492 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF CONTINUOUS DIGESTION PROCESS A method is disclosed for optimization of continuous digestion process. Exemplary embodiments can control a delignification process in a continuous pulp digester in an optimal way for different pulp grades taking into account process disturbances and model uncertainties... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED VALIDATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS RECIPES Methods and apparatus for automated validation of semiconductor process steps are provided herein. In some examples, a method for validating a semiconductor process recipe includes: selecting a rule set describing an operating window for a semiconductor process tool; ch... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053721 | FEEDBACK CONTROL OF A CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING DEVICE PROVIDING MANIPULATION OF REMOVAL RATE PROFILES A method of controlling surface non-uniformity of a wafer in a polishing operation includes (a) providing a model for a wafer polishing that defines a plurality of regions on a wafer and identifies a wafer material removal rate in a polishing step of a polishing process... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046775 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING WAFER EXPOSURE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY The present invention applies the data mining methodology by which the wafer exposure effectiveness and efficiency are predictable in terms of the chip size, chip length and chip width. More specifically, in the present invention, an index, named “Mask-field-utilizati... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120035757 | IMPROVEMENT OF TIRE UNIFORMITY THROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESS SIGNATURES A system and related method for improving tire uniformity includes providing a number (n) of test tires manufactured in a known order and identifying at least one candidate cyclic process effect with a corresponding frequency of introduction (f). A given uniformity para... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120022678 | LINEAR FRICTION WELDING OF AN AEROFOIL BLISK A method of making an aerofoil blink comprising a plurality of aerofoil blades joined to a disc to extend radially outwardly therefrom is provided, The method includes the step of: (a) modelling a linear friction welding process in which a blade member is joined to the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022677 | SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM A simulation apparatus includes a storing unit that stores therein information about a shape of a blank piece to be cut out from raw wood, information about a final shape of a wooden piece obtained by compressing the blank piece, and image data of a surface of the blank... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016507 | PROCESSING SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM MAKING COMPUTER EXECUTE THE METHOD A processing simulation method and apparatus is provided, which can appropriately detect interference between a tool processing area and a shape model of a material without being affected by the accuracy of expression of a tool movement path and the shape model. A tool ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004756 | Control of an Expanded Drying Section of a Paper Machine In order to achieve an improved or optimized operation mode of an “expanded drying section” of a paper machine—having the “actual” drying section, separated, if applicable, into pre-drying and post-drying sections with a size press located therebetween, a stea... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004757 | OPTIMIZATION DEVICE A certain embodiment includes a setting calculator (31), an energy use calculator (32), a manufacturing carbon dioxide emission amount calculator (33), and an optimizer (35). The setting calculator (31) operates to depend on an initial... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004755 | CONTROLLING THE COOLING OF FERMENTERS OF A BIOFUEL PRODUCTION PLANT According to various embodiments, a biofuel production system includes a plurality of parallel-operated fermenters, a cooling tower water system configured to supply cooling water to the plurality of parallel-operated fermenters, a chiller water system configured to sup... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320027 | METHOD OF USING PROCESS-PARAMETER PROGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SHAPE OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Provided are a process-parameter prognostic system for predicting the shape of a semiconductor structure, a semiconductor fabrication apparatus having the process-parameter prognostic system, and a method of using the same. The process-parameter prognostic system may ha... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MINING AND FEATURE TRACKING FOR FAB-WIDE PREDICTION AND CONTROL System and method for data mining and feature tracking for fab-wide prediction and control are described. One embodiment is a system comprising a database for storing raw wafer manufacturing data; a data mining module for processing the raw wafer manufacturing data to s... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110307090 | Tolerance analyzing apparatus, designing apparatus, viewer apparatus, and assembly order converting method A tolerance analyzing apparatus for performing a tolerance analysis based on design data includes an assembly definition unit that allows a user to make an assembly definition and define a degree of freedom for a constituent component, and a determination unit determini... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301737 | INSTANT PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE IMPROVING METHOD The invention discloses a real-time production performance improving method comprising a real-time monitoring step, a performance satisfaction determination step and a real-time performance improving step. The real-time monitoring step monitors an operation status of a ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301736 | APC Model Extension Using Existing APC Models A method of extending advanced process control (APC) models includes constructing an APC model table including APC model parameters of a plurality of products and a plurality of work stations. The APC model table includes empty cells and cells filled with existing APC m... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295404 | METHOD FOR CASTING USING SIMULATION OF CASTING PROCESS, SYSTEM FOR CASTING USING SIMULATION OF CASTING PROCESS AND DATA BASE A method and a system for casting using simulation of casting process. The system includes at least a database (130) which is relational type and contains a set of tables and relations linking them, a receiving module (110) of orders and a cast designs sea... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295405 | METHOD OF CALCULATING TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF CRUCIBLE Provided is a method of calculating a temperature distribution with higher accuracy than a conventional method, which calculates a temperature distribution of an inner surface of a silica powder molded body during manufacturing based on boundary conditions corrected in ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295403 | SIMULATION PARAMETER CORRECTION TECHNIQUE A parameter correction method includes: obtaining, from a variability-aware simulation, a simulation result value of a predetermined product performance for a reference candidate value set concerning statistics of predetermined product characteristics; calculating a lik... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295406 | Method for Monitoring Sequencing of a Control Recipe for a Batch Process A method for monitoring sequencing of a control recipe for a batch process, wherein the recipe comprises a plurality of recipe elements and is displayable on a display unit of a batch or operator system. In order to simplify the monitoring of the sequence of the control... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288671 | EQUATION BASED RETARGETING OF DESIGN LAYOUTS A method, system, and computer usable program product for equation based retargeting of design layouts are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of desirable combination of values of a set of layout parameters of the design layout is determined. A desirable re... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288673 | Method for Machining Composite Components The present disclosure relates to a method for machining composite components in a CNC controlled machining station. In accordance with the present disclosure, a machining tool is guided along a preset tool edge by means of a measuring system, wherein it simultaneously ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288672 | Computer-implemented automated design, modeling and manufacturing system for a project A computer-implemented automated building mechanical systems design and modeling is described. The system provides a central source for all of the design and construction information for systems in a construction project in a coordinated two-dimensional and three-dimens... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282478 | FINFET BOUNDARY OPTIMIZATION A method for generating a layout for a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first layout. A portion of the first layout is defined as a first FinFET region. The first FinFET region has first and second sides that each extend approximately ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276165 | Integrated Expert System for Identifying Abnormal Events in an Industrial Plant A computer-implemented integrated expert system for the identification of abnormal events in an industrial plant. The expert system integrates a model-based expert system with a rule-based expert system. The model-based expert system receives data on the operating condi... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276164 | ADVANCED BATCH CONTROL A method for advanced batch control of a batch process. The method discloses completing at least one cycle of the batch process and collecting data on at least one process variable and at least one product property. A model is created based on the data, wherein the mode... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276166 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF A SURFACE MODIFICATION PROCESS A method and system for modifying a substrate, such a thin film, solar panel or the like detects error and/or variance and, if needed, re-optimizes the product design and/or process parameters on the fly, so that product can meet the product specification. This allows f... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270430 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING VALUE OF WOOD PRODUCTS DRIED IN A DRYING PROCESS The present disclosure includes a method for optimizing value of current wood products dried in one or more current drying processes and associated computer software. The method comprises the steps of obtaining prior wood product data for prior wood products dried in on... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264255 | Configuration Mapping Using A Multi-Dimensional Rule Space And Rule Consolidation A configuration mapping system and method increase the effectiveness of mapping of information from an established product line to a new product offering. In at least one embodiment, the configuration mapping system herein uses configuration mapping rules to map individ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257778 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING NC WORKING MACHINE Even in an uncuttable state in which an actual rotational direction of a main spindle is not matched with an actually cuttable main spindle rotational direction of a tool, an interference check between a workpiece and the tool is performed. Accordingly, the cuttable mai... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251711 | IDENTIFICATION OF MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGN VARIABLES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION A method of identifying most influential design variables in a multi-objective engineering design optimization of a product is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a product is optimized with a set of design variables and a set of response functi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245955 | AUTOMATED PROCESS CONTROL USING AN ADJUSTED METROLOGY OUTPUT SIGNAL Provided is a method for controlling a fabrication cluster using an optical metrology system that includes an optical metrology tool, an optical metrology model, and a profile extraction algorithm. The method comprises: selecting a number of rays for the illumination be... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245954 | System and Method for Optimizing Machining Simulation Embodiments of the invention disclose a method for optimizing a simulation of a machining of a workpiece performed by removing a set of swept volumes from a volume of the workpiece, wherein the volume is partitioned into a set of cells, comprising the steps of: associat... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246397 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FORMULATED PRODUCTS Disclosed are methods for developing a product having a relatively benign environmental impact. The methods evaluate the environmental hazard of various chemical components in formulated products and identify improvements in environmental safety based on those evaluatio... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL METROLOGY IN SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes collecting a plurality of manufacturing data sets from a plurality of semiconductor processes, respectively. The method includes normalizing each of the manufacturing dat... | 09/29/2011 |
