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Christopher A. Spence — 42 Patents

AMD: 35 patents #258 of 9,280Top 3%
Asml Netherlands B.V.: 3 patents #1,156 of 3,192Top 40%
Globalfoundries: 3 patents #1,029 of 4,424Top 25%
APAdvanced Microdevices Pvt: 1 patents #2 of 26Top 8%
Los Altos, CA: #258 of 3,651 inventorsTop 8%
California: #10,667 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Christopher A. Spence has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2025. Christopher A. Spence ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Christopher A. Spence in Los Altos, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12416854 Machine learning based subresolution assist feature placement Jun Tao, Yu Cao 2025-09-16
11953823 Measurement method and apparatus 2024-04-09 $114,337,000
10670973 Coloring aware optimization Yi Zou, Jing Su, Robert John Socha, Duan-Fu Stephen Hsu 2020-06-02 $38,904,000
9250538 Efficient optical proximity correction repair flow method and apparatus Guoxiang Ning, Paul Ackmann, Chin Teong Lim 2016-02-02 $567,000
7788609 Method and apparatus for optimizing an optical proximity correction model Hung-Eil Kim, Eun Joo Lee 2010-08-31 $5,571,000
7657864 System and method for integrated circuit device design and manufacture using optical rule checking to screen resolution enhancement techniques Cyrus E. Tabery, Todd P. Lukanc, Chris Haidinyak, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock +1 more 2010-02-02 $18,664,000
7543256 System and method for designing an integrated circuit device Todd P. Lukanc, Cyrus E. Tabery, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock, Hung-Eil Kim +1 more 2009-06-02 $11,563,000
7313769 Optimizing an integrated circuit layout by taking into consideration layout interactions as well as extra manufacturability margin Todd P. Lukanc, Cyrus E. Tabery, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock, Hung-Eil Kim +1 more 2007-12-25
7269804 System and method for integrated circuit device design and manufacture using optical rule checking to screen resolution enhancement techniques Cyrus E. Tabery, Todd P. Lukanc, Chris Haidinyak, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock +1 more 2007-09-11 $10,117,000
7207017 Method and system for metrology recipe generation and review and analysis of design, simulation and metrology results Cyrus E. Tabery, Chris Haidinyak, Todd P. Lukanc, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock +1 more 2007-04-17 $14,172,000
7194725 System and method for design rule creation and selection Todd P. Lukanc, Cyrus E. Tabery, Luigi Capodieci, Carl P. Babcock, Hung-Eil Kim +1 more 2007-03-20 $9,786,000
7120285 Method for evaluation of reticle image using aerial image simulator 2006-10-10 $21,906,000
7071085 Predefined critical spaces in IC patterning to reduce line end pull back Todd P. Lukanc, Luigi Capodieci, Joerg Reiss, Sarah N. McGowan 2006-07-04
7027130 Device and method for determining an illumination intensity profile of an illuminator for a lithography system Todd P. Lukanc, Luigi Capodieci, Joerg Reiss, Sarah N. McGowan 2006-04-11 $9,016,000
7015148 Reduce line end pull back by exposing and etching space after mask one trim and etch Todd P. Lukanc, Luigi Capodieci, Joerg Reiss, Sarah N. McGowan 2006-03-21 $13,217,000
6994939 Semiconductor manufacturing resolution enhancement system and method for simultaneously patterning different feature types Kouros Ghandehari, Jean Y. Yang 2006-02-07 $12,481,000
6974652 Lithographic photomask and method of manufacture to improve photomask test measurement Todd P. Lukanc, Luigi Capodieci, Bhanwar Singh 2005-12-13 $8,414,000
6818358 Method of extending the areas of clear field phase shift generation Todd P. Lukanc 2004-11-16 $6,082,000
6797438 Method and enhancing clear field phase shift masks with border around edges of phase regions Todd P. Lukanc 2004-09-28 $1,915,000
6749970 Method of enhancing clear field phase shift masks with border regions around phase 0 and phase 180 regions Todd P. Lukanc 2004-06-15 $4,556,000
6749971 Method of enhancing clear field phase shift masks with chrome border around phase 180 regions Todd P. Lukanc 2004-06-15 $4,556,000
6675369 Method of enhancing clear field phase shift masks by adding parallel line to phase 0 region Todd P. Lukanc 2004-01-06 $4,179,000
6627355 Method of and system for improving stability of photomasks Harry J. Levinson, Fan Piao 2003-09-30 $4,535,000
6562639 Utilizing electrical performance data to predict CD variations across stepper field Anna M. Minvielle, Luigi Capodieci 2003-05-13 $1,759,000
6492066 Characterization and synthesis of OPC structures by fourier space analysis and/or wavelet transform expansion Luigi Capodieci 2002-12-10 $2,246,000