Latest Patents

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Title Filing Date Publication Date Grant Date
Pellicle for flat panel display photomask 2021-8-12 2021-12-16
Pellicle removal tool 2021-7-30 2021-12-09
System, method, and program product for manufacturing a photomask 2021-4-30 2023-3-08
Microfluidic thermoptic energy processor 2016-3-30 2016-7-21
Grayscale lithography of photo definable glass 2014-3-14 2015-4-09
Mixer chip 2013-3-14 2014-5-29
Photomask having a reduced field size and method of using the same 2010-6-22 2011-4-14
Photomask with detector for optimizing an integrated circuit production process … 2010-3-19 2011-3-22 2011-3-22
Photomask having a reduced field size and method of using the same 2009-6-17 2015-4-14 2015-4-14
Secure photomask with blocking aperture 2008-4-18 2008-10-23
Security element for an integrated circuit, integrated circuit including the … 2008-4-18 2012-1-24 2012-1-24
Photomask with detector for optimizing an integrated circuit production process … 2008-4-18 2008-10-23
Optical sensor and method for making same 2007-9-17 2008-3-27
Binary half tone photomasks and microscopic three-dimensional devices and … 2006-5-24 2006-9-21
Automated manufacturing system and method for processing photomasks 2005-7-08 2005-11-03
Comprehensive front end method and system for automatically generating and … 2005-6-24 2006-5-16
Method of forming a semiconductor layer using a photomask reticle having … 2005-6-14 2006-6-16
Rule based system and method for automatically generating photomask orders 2005-6-07 2006-4-01
Comprehensive front end method and system for automatically generating and … 2005-6-01 2007-10-26
System and method for automatic generating and/or processing a photomask order … 2005-6-01 2008-6-30
Rule based system and method for automatically generating photomask orders 2005-5-31 2007-8-22
System and method for automatically generating a tooling specification using a … 2005-5-25 2006-6-16
Rule based system and method for automatically generating photomask orders 2005-5-20 2007-8-31
Embedded attenuated phase shift mask with tunable transmission 2005-3-18 2005-11-01
Alternating aperture phase shift photomask having light absorption layer 2004-12-28 2008-3-18 2008-3-18
Rule based system and method for automatically generating photomask orders in a … 2004-10-27 2005-3-17
Photomask having an internal substantially transparent etch stop layer 2004-9-09 2005-4-21
Photomask having an internal substantially transparent etch stop layer 2004-9-09 2005-4-16
Method of repairing a photomask having an internal etch stop layer 2004-9-08 2006-3-09
Rule based system and method for automatically generating photomask orders by … 2004-6-25 2010-2-23 2010-2-23
Photomask reticle having multiple versions of the same mask pattern with … 2004-6-14 2005-12-15
Fused silica pellicle in intimate contact with the surface of a photomask 2003-12-11 2004-6-24
Endpoint detection of plasma-assisted etch process 2003-8-20 2005-2-24
Improved photomask having an intermediate inspection film layer 2003-7-18 2005-5-21 2005-5-21
Method for fabricating chirped fiber Bragg gratings 2003-2-19 2005-3-15 2005-3-15
Fused silica pellicle 2002-12-18 2004-2-03 2004-2-03
Pattern compensation techniques for charged particle lithographic masks 2002-12-04 2006-6-27 2006-6-27
Alternating aperture phase shift photomask having plasma etched isotropic … 2002-11-05 2004-5-06
Process and apparatus for minimizing thermal gradients across an advanced … 2002-9-17 2004-3-18
Integrated cooling substrate for extreme ultraviolet reticle 2002-7-15 2004-10-19 2004-10-19
EUVL mask structure and method of formation 2002-7-10 2004-8-17 2004-8-17
Binary half tone photomasks and microscopic three-dimensional devices and … 2002-1-23 2003-7-24
Fused silica pellicle 2002-1-18 2002-7-30
Tangle resistance pet tie device 2001-2-02 2002-6-25 2002-6-25
Electrical critical dimension measurements on photomasks 2001-1-31 2002-8-01
Information storage on masks for microlithographic tools 2001-1-26 2002-8-01
Step mask 2001-1-05 2002-9-12
Thin tantalum silicon composite film formation and annealing for use as … 2000-12-21 2002-8-22
Method of defining and forming membrane regions in a substrate for stencil or … 2000-11-07 2003-10-21 2003-10-21
Substrate for diamond stencil mask and method for forming 2000-11-07 2003-3-04 2003-3-04