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TENCOR INSTRUMENTS

Overview
  • Total Patents
    101
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TENCOR INSTRUMENTS has a total of 101 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1977. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, optics and semiconductors are THERMA WAVE INC, NDC INFRARED ENG LTD and J & M ANALYTISCHE MESS & REGELTECHNIK GMBH.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing TENCOR INSTRUMENTSs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

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Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Neukermans Armand P 17
#2 Wheeler William R 16
#3 Galbraith Lee K 13
#4 Nikoonahad Mehrdad 10
#5 Kren George J 10
#6 Vaught John L 9
#7 Fein Michael E 8
#8 Wells Keith B 8
#9 Gross Kenneth P 7
#10 Pecen Jiri 7

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO9712226A1 Improved system for surface inspection
US5581350A Method and system for calibrating an ellipsometer
US5604585A Particle detection system employing a subsystem for collecting scattered light from the particles
US5608526A Focused beam spectroscopic ellipsometry method and system
US5705741A Constant-force profilometer with stylus-stabilizing sensor assembly, dual-view optics, and temperature drift compensation
US5530550A Optical wafer positioning system
US5633747A Variable spot-size scanning apparatus
US5565979A Surface scanning apparatus and method using crossed-cylinder optical elements
US5576831A Wafer alignment sensor
US5416594A Surface scanner with thin film gauge
US5355212A Process for inspecting patterned wafers
US5552704A Eddy current test method and apparatus for measuring conductance by determining intersection of lift-off and selected curves
CH685519A5 Method and apparatus for non-destructive surface inspection.
US5309755A Profilometer stylus assembly insensitive to vibration
US5243465A Area-division beamsplitter with broad spectral bandwidth
US5276498A Adaptive spatial filter for surface inspection
US5241366A Thin film thickness monitor
US5264912A Speckle reduction track filter apparatus for optical inspection of patterned substrates
US5189481A Particle detector for rough surfaces
CH685650A5 Device for surface inspections.