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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175737 | Method and apparatus for designing and integrated circuit Method and apparatus for designing an integrated circuit by adding a plurality of control points to an integrated circuit wafer design. Each control point has at least one attribute. Then, an integrated circuit wafer is manufactured using the integrated circuit wafe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8145336 | Real-time assembly and part validation and auto-disposition Real-time assembly and part validation (or “containment”) and auto-disposition in a manufacturing environment. Validation and auto-disposition are performed in a real-time, proactive manner where the validation and auto-disposition processing are not coupled to ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145335 | Exception handling A system that re-plans jobs based at least in part on user preferences in response to system component errors includes an exception handler that receives an exception from one of a plurality of components executing a plan to process a job. The system further include... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8112168 | Process and method for a decoupled multi-parameter run-to-run controller A manufacturing process including a controller method to generate a tool setting which includes a tool offset and a device offset. The controller method uses a device parameter measurement to update the tool offset and device offset. A tool weight and a device weigh... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108059 | Method of determining range of change in design, design change range determining apparatus, and design change range determining system A design change range determining apparatus assigns a link between the one and another elements to generate link information table regarding the assigned link, and when the element is specified through an input unit, retrieves link information table to obtain the pa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8055368 | Control device and control method of plasma processing system, and storage medium storing control program In a control device of a plasma processing system, a storage unit is configured to store a reference recipe indicating an order of the plasma processing. An operation unit calculates a state variation value of each of the plasma processing devices by a predetermined... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7930052 | Automated logistics support system incorporating a product integrity analysis system According to one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented system includes an integrated logistics support system and a product integrity analysis system that utilize an integrated database. The product integrity analysis system is operable to retrieve at ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7826914 | System and method for tracking transports in a production process A method of tracking transports in a production process including processing a first transport in a first system, developing changes for the first transport, and updating the first system with the changes developed for the first transport. The method also includes p... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7751920 | Method and system of data weighted object orientation for data mining A computing system, method, and computer program product facilitates data mining of information, for example image data, relating to a surface of a manufactured product when the manufactured product is processed using a tool relative to which the manufactured produc... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7627392 | Automated process control using parameters determined with approximation and fine diffraction models Provided is a method of controlling a fabrication cluster using a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained developed using an optical metrology model. A simulated approximation diffraction signal is generated based on an approximation diffraction... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7437205 | Method for manufacturing with engineering change override The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing orders. A request for delivery by a requested delivery date is received for an order having an original delivery date. The ordered product ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428441 | Systems and method providing for remote system design A two-way communication and data transfer system allows a field technician and a designer to work together to create a retrofit design for a flow system, make a cost estimate for the retrofit, and gather an approval from a customer all in a single visit to the custo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7412297 | Method and system for designing and manufacturing lens modules A method for designing and manufacturing lens modules includes selecting design parameters from a design database stored with the design parameters suitable for a lens module desired to be manufactured to design the lens module according to characteristics of the le... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409254 | Data management system and trace system A design data management program directs a computer to perform a procedure of converting design data generated at a designing side to a data format applicable to a production side and transmitting the data to the production side, and a procedure of converting the da... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398164 | Sensor network system, base station, and method to forward measured data The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a sensor node and the adoption of a protocol in the existing sensor network system effectively utilizing limited resources of radiocommunication. To achieve the object, the following are provided. A sensor no... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7359902 | Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platfo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349752 | Dynamically coupled metrology and lithography Methods for determining tolerances are disclosed that can be used for determining whether a lot of semiconductor wafers needs to be reworked. Overlay tolerance, critical dimension tolerance and a dynamic line edge placement tolerance are determined using error measu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346478 | Method of embedding tooling control data within mechanical fixture design to enable programmable logic control verification simulation A method is provided of embedding tooling control data within a mechanical fixture design to enable programmable logic control verification simulation. The method includes the steps of constructing at least one of a mechanical fixture design, a workcell design, and ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337029 | Design data management system and trace system A design data management program directs a computer to perform a procedure of converting design data generated at a designing side to a data format applicable to a production side and transmitting the data to the production side, and a procedure of converting the da... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333870 | Self-adjusting inventory management process for personalizing and re-personalizing parts A process for managing a supply chain by automatically analyzing shifting demand for personalized parts is provided. A plurality of orders is received. The plurality orders form a demand. The demand results in a set of parts that need to be personalized. The demand ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324866 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided in which it is possible to perform process control taking account of wafer information and to deal with the process control in which a recipe is change from one wafer to another. The method comprises step... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305461 | Method and system for network management with backup status gathering A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for management of a distributed data processing system. Resources within the distributed data processing system are dynamically discovered, and the discovered resources are adaptively monitored ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302443 | Parts list system which generates and manages a parts list simply and effectively A parts list system includes a CAD section and a parts list section. The CAD section generates a CAD figure of a part included in an apparatus based on design reference data, and extracts a part number of the part, configuration part numbers of configuration parts o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299101 | Manipulatable model for communicating manufacturing issues of a custom part Any issues associated with manufacture of a part are identified and highlighted on a part model. A software method and system then uses motion of the part model for communicating the manufacturability issues to the customer. The motion can include a repositioning of... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299102 | Method and system for engineering change implementation In the present invention, a product is manufactured in a manufacturing process controlled and tracked using a manufacturing execution system or MES. An engineering change is made to the product specification while units of the product are in the manufacturing proces... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283884 | Methods providing for remote system design of retrofit circulation system for a pool A two-way communication and data transfer system allows a field technician and a designer to work together to create a retrofit design for a flow system, make a cost estimate for the retrofit, and gather an approval from a customer all in a single visit to the custo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280882 | Systems and methods for forecasting demand for a subcomponent Techniques for determining how to translate forecast sales data of at least one configuration of assembled product into a forecast schedule of subcomponents composing the assembled product is described. To this end, forecast sales data of at least one configuration ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280948 | System and method for integrating geometric models A system and method of integrating geometric models, comprising identifying a product to design or manufacture, generating a product template, initiating the generation of at least one geometry, associating knowledge with the geometry, performing operations on the g... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275245 | Manufacturing system software version management Version management for manufacturing system software involves a two-part data structure, having two identifiers that are separately and automatically modified, depending upon the changes or modifications that are made, respectively, to top-level and lower-level subs... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272776 | Master data quality A method of enhancing the quality of data stored in a system includes receiving data from a first data enterer, accepting data received from the first data enterer into the system if the data are entered in a format compliant with a first set of rules, receiving fir... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263408 | Method and system for converting tool process ability based upon work in progress characteristics The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for converting tool processing ability based upon work in progress considerations. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes identifying a plurality of wafers to be processed in one of a pl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260803 | Incremental dummy metal insertions A method and system for performing dummy metal insertion in design data for an integrated circuit is disclosed, wherein the design data includes dummy metal objects inserted by a dummy fill tool. After a portion of the design data is changed, a check is performed to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254772 | Systems and methods for visually representing the aging and/or expiration of electronic documents Systems and methods enforce an expiration date for an electronic document and represent the expiration visually. The author may specify an expiration date for an electronic document. The expiration date may be either a date stamp or an integer representing a period ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248936 | Automated tool recipe verification and correction Automated tool recipe verification and correction are disclosed. A tool recipe is intercepted during uploading or downloading of the tool recipe. A determination whether an associated parameter verification set (PVS) template for the tool recipe exists is performed,... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245984 | Horizontally structured manufacturing process modeling: exterior linked representational embodiment A method of horizontally structured manufacturing process modeling for large process models comprising: selecting a blank for machining into an actual part; and establishing a coordinate system. The method also includes: creating a master process model in a first fi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239931 | Sheet metal factory processing system A sheet metal factory processing system includes a production management apparatus which generates a processing schedule based on a manufacturing designation. The processing schedule is managed in each unit of material sheets. The sheet metal factory processing syst... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231354 | Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices (PCN). A PCN database application server computer is utilized to provide a method for implementing a change to telecommunications products. The method in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220605 | Selecting dice to test using a yield map Dice on a wafer are selected to be tested using a yield map. The yield map incorporates yield information of different products produced by the same fabrication process. A die placement for a product to be produced by the same process is determined based on the yiel... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200454 | Method, system, and storage medium for integrating rework operations into an advanced planning process An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for integrating rework operations into an advanced planning process. The method comprises: providing at least one rework Bill of Materials flow for use in conjunction with other... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197509 | Method, system, and computer program product for managing persistent data across different releases A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for managing an application's persistent data across multiple different release versions of the application. A format for a memory area is defined wherein the persistent data will be stored according to a ... | 03/27/2007 |
