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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7613534 | Web based semiconductor ordering architecture A semiconductor fabrication architecture which includes a middleware component, a fabrication facility coupled to the middleware component, a real time dispatcher application program interface coupled between the fabrication facility and the middleware component, a ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613535 | Independent, self-contained, risk isolated, sectional CIM design for extremely large scale factory operation A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a centralized computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) system; a plurality of sectional CIM systems respectively associated with a plurality of manufacturing facilities and coupled with the centralized CIM system; and a c... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7571017 | Intelligent data multiplexer An Intelligent Data Multiplexer (“IDM”) can be used to interface a plurality of host computers with a semiconductor manufacturing tool. In one embodiment, the IDM has a plurality of host-side ports configured to receive messages from each of the host computers i... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7551974 | Processing method of workpieces using combined processing machines Plural combined processing machines perform various processes to workpieces W. The combined processing machines are arranged in a processing line according to a volume of products of the workpieces, operating time of the combined processing machines and a tact time ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7489980 | Factory level and tool level advanced process control systems integration implementation Integration of factory level advanced process control (FL-APC) system and tool level advanced process control (TL-APC) system using selectable APC operation modes indicating different operational settings for the FL-APC system and at least one TL-APC system is discl... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7451007 | Integration of MES and controls engineering The invention relates to a system and a method for integrated development of projects of different levels, especially of automation projects in the MES and Controls area. The integrated development is facilitated by the use of uniform models. In this case a first pr... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437204 | Method and apparatus for monitoring host to tool communications An aspect of the present invention includes a method and device for listening to communications between processes and tools, recording report and report trigger definitions, matching reports from tools with the recorded definitions, and translating messages into a c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7415375 | Systems and methods for food waste monitoring A food waste monitoring system and related methods are disclosed. The food waste monitoring system may include a local food waste monitoring device that is coupled to an electronic scale for weighing food waste. The monitoring device may capture and record the weigh... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409253 | System and method for processing a substrate and program therefor A substrate processing system allows to reduce the number of works that should be done by a software engineer. The system 100 includes a substrate processing apparatus 101; a substrate processing controller 102 for controlling the substrate proc... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7395131 | Method for processing data based on the data context A method for managing collected data in a semiconductor processing environment. The collected data can include: raw data collected during a process, trace file data received during a process, and process log file data received during a process. The raw data is synch... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380213 | User interface for reporting event-based production information in product manufacturing User interface for reporting event-based production information in product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, computer-readable medium, and display device for processing data stored in a database. The data includes automatical... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376481 | Methods and control systems for controlling semiconductor device manufacturing processes A method of controlling a semiconductor device manufacturing process for a product which is newly applied and a control system for the same process are provided. According to an embodiment on the control method, a sample process time for a product applied to the sem... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371067 | Simulation method for designing customized medical devices The invention provides a system for virtually designing a medical device conformed for use with a specific patient. Using the system, a three-dimensional geometric model of a patient-specific body cavity or lumen is reconstructed from scanned volume images such as o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373396 | Information delivery system and method and program of the system An information delivery system and its method and a program of the system, in which plural robots are used and users can obtain information effectively via the plural robots from the wider range than the range where only one robot moves, are provided. Each of the pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369911 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials in an automated manufacturing environment Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials between processing units in an automated manufacturing environment are provided. A system includes a host system in communication with a work-in-process (WIP) material... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369905 | Method and apparatus for pressure and plasma control during transitions used to create graded interfaces by multi-step PECVD deposition A method and apparatus are provided for a graded PECVD process that continuously modulates a set of flow and pressure conditions while the plasma power is turned on and a film is being deposited. A feedback mechanism specific to a give deposition recipe is used to g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364922 | Automated semiconductor wafer salvage during processing The present invention provides a recovery processing method to restore the substrate processing apparatus to an operating state after correcting an abnormality having occurred in the substrate processing apparatus in operation and having resulted in a stop in the op... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366643 | System, method, and storage medium for determining a packaging design for a container A system, method, and storage medium for determining packaging design for one or more containers are provided. The method includes selecting at least one 3-D CAD model of a manufactured part. The method further includes selecting a first 3-D CAD model of a first con... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359768 | Route input system A software-enabled Route Input System (RIS) process facilitates consistent communication among the various entities involved in route creation, where the entities have different tasks and objectives. The primary teams are the process flow definers (IE), individual p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359886 | Injection-molding cost estimation system An estimation system for estimating an injection-molding related cost comprises an input unit, storage, a data processing unit, and an output unit. The storage stores a mold estimation function for each of cost items of a mold used to produce a molded product, and a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356762 | Method for the automatic generation of an interactive electronic equipment documentation package An interactive electronic equipment document production system is disclosed. Documents from different sources are standardized in a conversion process, provided with tags in a tagging process that provides information connecting an initial locating with another loca... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356740 | Hazard mitigation in medical device Delivery of energy by a defibrillator or other medical device is inhibited when the processor or software that controls a module of the medical device operates abnormally. A windowed watchdog timer (WWDT) incorporated into one module of the medical device is used to... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353221 | Method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data of systems The invention relates to a method for the automatic retrieval of engineering data from installations. The engineering and runtime objects are described by a uniform object model. This allows the correspondence between engineering objects and runtime objects to be de... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353075 | Manufacturing system and controller, controlling method, controlling system, and control program for the manufacturing system A manufacturing system, located at a manufacturing system site, includes a discharger for discharging a liquid material having fluidity onto a substrate, communication means for transmitting and receiving data through a communication line, and monitoring means for m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353515 | Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation and management of semaphores for accessing shared resources Methods and apparatus are disclosed for dynamic allocation and management of semaphores for accessing shared resources. In one implementation, a semaphore manager maintains a data structure of resources having currently active resource requests and a list of each ta... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353074 | Production loss tracking system A production loss tracking system for a manufacturing system includes a collection module, an event module, and a report module. The collection module collects a processing status from a plurality of processing stations. The event module forecasts an upstream produc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352439 | Lithography system, control system and device manufacturing method A lithography system in which a performance criterion of the lithography system is predicted, based on one or more operating conditions of the lithography system, and compared to measurements of that performance criterion. The lithography system may determine from a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353379 | Methods for configuring a plasma cluster tool A method for configuring a plasma cluster tool is disclosed. The method includes generating a key file from option specifications, the key file encapsulating configuration restrictions specifically imposed on the plasma cluster tool. The method also includes generat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349757 | NC hole-machining programming device and method A numerical control (NC) hole-machining programming device includes: a tool information storing unit for storing tool information, including types and sizes of tools used for hole machining; a form recognizing unit for extracting a cylindrical surface and conical su... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346588 | Cost estimation method and system, and computer readable medium for the method A part cost estimation system including a processing cost information storage device; a shape designating device configured to designate the shape of the part; a processing designating device configured to designate contents of processing to be performed on a materi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343605 | System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF meaning industrial framework) by using wrappers and/or adapters and, as a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337151 | Automated pricing system A method and system are disclosed for automated creation of a pricing schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of plans created with a software design tool and a palette of parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements. At l... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333866 | Computer implemented management domain and method A computer implemented management domain for controlling the production of low volume advanced technology articles of manufacture is provided. The management domain includes an information library, an integrated manufacturing intelligence, and an interrogation netwo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333867 | Substrate processing system managing apparatus information of substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing system comprises a substrate processing apparatus and a support computer, which are connected to a network respectively. Updated countermeasure information is accumulated in the support computer by a system administrator. When the substrate pr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330856 | Item specification object management system A system and method for constructing data concerning items of an asset. The method comprises: providing a user data entry interface; receiving a plurality of data values, each into a data field of the interface, wherein the plurality of data fields comprise a specif... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330843 | Managing method, managing system, composite apparatus, ordering apparatus, computer program and memory product An ordering apparatus receives unit information for specifying units constituting a composite apparatus to be ordered. The ordering apparatus creates composite state information for specifying a composite state of units based on the received unit information, accord... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324966 | Method for fulfilling an order in an integrated supply chain management system A method for fulfilling an order in a supply chain. The method is performed by extracting from a customer system information pertaining to the work order that specifies a piece of equipment to be repaired and items expected to be used during the repair procedure, de... | 01/29/2008 |