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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7567851 | Method and system for dynamically changing the transport sequencing in a cluster tool By dynamically adapting the transport sequencing rules of a cluster tool, the overall performance of the tool may be increased. In some illustrative embodiments, the transport sequencing rule for a robot handler may be dynamically changed when a lot of small size is... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558640 | Abstract product description system and method The present invention relates to abstract product descriptions and methods. In a first general aspect, a method comprises a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed,... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7526355 | Automated systems and methods employing attribute-based binding and configurable rules for selection of run time equipment The subject invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automated manufacturing processes in an industrial controller environment, wherein a system is provided for automated industrial processing in one aspect. The system includes a processor that det... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7433748 | System and method for controlling a design process by specifying active variables and passive variables A system for controlling a design process having a first design sub-process and a second design sub-process, outcomes of one of the first and second design sub-processes being linked to outcomes of the other of the design sub-processes by a relationship between one ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433747 | Method for generating process chains A method for generating process chains for product manufacturing is provided. Accordance to this method, all available data pertaining to the component to be manufactured is collected and the component to be manufactured is subdivided into component elements which c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433749 | Adhesive system configuration tool A computerized design system for configuring an adhesive dispensing configuration. The system enables a user to graphically or otherwise manipulate markers representative of dispensing components. Programmatic rules associated with the markers guide the design proce... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433750 | Data tracking method and system applied in semiconductor manufacturing A data tracking method applied in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. Split historical data of a wafer lot is retrieved and it is determined whether the end of lot data of the wafer lot is read. If not, a maximum split number required for a split processing app... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426419 | Scheduling system and method Photolithography operation in a wafer fab using relative weightings of work in progress to iteratively schedule wafers. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421363 | Method for virtual inspection of virtually machined parts A method for implementing a virtual inspection of a virtually machined workpiece is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes defining a set of master reference planes, defining a set of positioning planes with respect to the set of master reference... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398128 | Method, device, and computer product for creating height-limited-area information, and method of manufacturing three-dimensional structure A base-plane-height determining unit determines whether a base plane is formed with planes of different heights. A base-plane determining unit determines, when it is determined that the base plane is formed with the plural planes of different heights, whether to tak... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379782 | System and method of monitoring and quantifying performance of an automated manufacturing facility The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying, quantifying and presenting to a user constraints in an automated manufacturing or processing facility. A data processing system continuously receives basic status signals and state signals fro... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373211 | Graphical user interface for compliance monitoring in semiconductor wafer fabrication and method of operation A system and method is disclosed for allocating multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A resource allocator allocates multi-function resources among tasks within a process system that executes ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369970 | Method and apparatus for estimating product cost A development department stores physical characteristic data concerning a product to be manufactured, such as shape and CAD data, in a database. Cost factor data are provided from a plurality of potential makers of the product. The cost factor data is stored in a da... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369910 | Method for the optimizing of a production process The present invention relates to methods for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products and at least one final product. The present invention also relates to a digital storage medium and a computer program product that can be use... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369908 | Method for manufacturing product formed with a plurality of parts and method for combining parts A parts-combining method having high quality or yield for a product having a large number of parts. First entering an identification number group of nondefective completed products, a table of a product identification number group and a parts identification number g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360209 | Object process graph application controller-viewer A computer software system is provided, namely, An Object Process Graph Application Controller-Viewer (OPGACV) system. The OPGACV controls a running Object Process Graph (OPG) application by inducing a Dynamic Graph Interpreter (DGI) to transition applications from ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356376 | Work when ready load balancing using critical dates A method of balancing workload using critical dates and including the following steps: (a) assigning a promised delivery date to orders received from customers; (b) identifying one or more tasks associated with each of the orders; (c) assigning an expedited date or ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349751 | Method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system Disclosed is a method of controlling a manufacturing system. The invention automatically monitors current levels of partially completed products waiting to be processed by a tool (or group of tools) and determines whether the current levels exceed a predetermined li... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348187 | Method, device, computer-readable storage medium and computer program element for the monitoring of a manufacturing process of a plurality of physical objects In the case of the method, an analysis is performed by using values of at least one process parameter of the manufacturing process of the physical object and, as a result of the analysis, when they satisfy a prescribed selection criterion, physical objects are marke... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343574 | Method of supporting wiring design, supporting apparatus using the method, and computer-readable recording medium A supporting apparatus includes a first setting unit which sets an initial shape of the linear structure, a providing unit which provides a finite element model of the linear structure, a second setting unit which sets a physical property and restriction conditions ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343584 | Automated configuration of systems comprising product components of heterogeneous contexts An automated heterogeneous configurator employs a technique by which the state of a context can be changed and restored automatically to facilitate the configuration of systems having components that span multiple contexts. The technique employs a high level constra... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343353 | Method to turn off machines during-turn down period while achieving minimum cost and required cycle time A method and system for determining which machine tools to turn off during slow periods to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum cycle time increase. It uses a product demand forecast and a simplified approach to the X-factor theory to provide an objective, anal... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333869 | Designing vehicle manufacturing workstations using ergonomic design rules A computer-implemented-ergonomic system for designing manufacturing workstations is provided. The system includes a data store for storing a plurality of workstation templates. Each workstation template includes parameters for a particular type of manufacturing work... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334205 | Optimization of die placement on wafers A method of optimizing production of semiconductor devices on a wafer comprises steps of characterizing at least one effect of at least one manufacturing component on at least one optimization criterion; inputting user optimization data; and, based on the at least o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318767 | Device and method for machine control A data set (D) is provided for machine control of a grinding machine to determine time-efficient, collision-free travel paths. The data set has a collision parameter of “0” or “1” in each separate coordination point (X, Y, Z, A) as well as for each combinati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315765 | Automated control thread determination based upon post-process consideration A method, apparatus, and a system for determining a control thread based upon a process result are provided. At least one post-process parameter is received. The post parameter relates to a first workpiece upon which a plurality of processes have been performed by a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313453 | Automated systems and methods employing attribute-based binding and configurable rules for selection of run time equipment The subject invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automated manufacturing processes in an industrial controller environment, wherein a system is provided for automated industrial processing in one aspect. The system includes a processor that det... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313452 | Substrate transfer controlling apparatus and substrate transferring method A substrate transfer controlling apparatus can easily maximize throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy of actions of a transfer device. The substrate transfer controlling ap... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310561 | Identifying critical operations of a production process Identifying an operation that is critical to meeting a due date of a production order includes identifying operations associated with the production order, obtaining schedules for the operations using infinite production planning, obtaining start intervals for the o... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305278 | Enterprise factory control method and system A system, method, service and media for managing both supplier-owned and non-owned manufacturing asset types utilizing a supplier model of a product which goes across the manufacturing asset types. The invention maps the model to instances of the asset types and use... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305367 | Instantaneous price quotation system for custom manufactured parts An automated quotation system is provided for generating firm binding price quotations for custom manufactured parts in either an online or offline context. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296267 | System and method for binding virtual machines to hardware contexts System and method for binding virtual machines to hardware contexts. A method includes obtaining resource requirements for a plurality of virtual machines, and binding one or more of the plurality of virtual machines to one or more of a plurality of hardware context... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292903 | Methods for determining tool assignment preference and manufacturing systems using the same A method for determining tool assignment preference applied to a semiconductor manufacturing system. At least one first tool and second tool and at least one first semiconductor process and second semiconductor process applied to the tools are provided. Demand moves... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286889 | Method for resource allocation and re-grouping recognizing competing priorities which vary by date A method determines production starts in a manufacturing environment by inputting production starts. The method groups the production starts into production lots according to grouping rules and assigns start dates and associated priorities to each of the production ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7280990 | Method and system for designing and modeling a product in a knowledge based engineering environment An interactive design system includes a design application that creates and models a geometry of an object. A programming language application defines engineering rules that may be associated with the object. The programming language application associates the geome... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275025 | Method and system for analyzing performance of a turbine A method and system for analyzing performance of a turbine. The turbine optimizer allows a user to evaluate the current performance of their turbine with its current configuration and the future performance of their turbine with a modified configuration. The turbine... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272618 | Method and apparatus for automated information retrieval and component ordering A system and method for determining information for system components includes a database, an interchanger subsystem, and a product selection subsystem. The database includes information concerning components. An interchanger subsystem receives product parameters fr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266537 | Predictive selection of content transformation in predictive modeling systems A predictive modeling system and methodology makes predictions using unstructured content as an input, either alone or in conjunction with structured content. Content transformation rules are selected for application to the unstructured content, such as emails, call... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |