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Charles A. Whiting — 17 Patents

IBM: 17 patents #6,529 of 70,183Top 10%
Colchester, VT: #45 of 432 inventorsTop 15%
Vermont: #451 of 4,968 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Charles A. Whiting has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2005. Charles A. Whiting ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Charles A. Whiting in Colchester, VT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31996: 1 patents19961998: 3 patents19982000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents20012002: 3 patents20022003: 2 patents20032004: 3 patents20042005: 2 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6968288 Method for detection of photolithographic defocus Dennis L. Macaluso, Richard A. Phelps 2005-11-22 $6,353,000
6856378 Method of photolithographic exposure dose control as a function of resist sensitivity Keith J. Machia, Matthew Nicholls, Charles J. Parrish, Craig E. Schneider 2005-02-15 $11,729,000
6735492 Feedback method utilizing lithographic exposure field dimensions to predict process tool overlay settings Edward W. Conrad, John S. Smyth, David A. Ziemer 2004-05-11 $7,887,000
6694498 Feed-forward lithographic overlay offset method and system Edward W. Conrad, Charles J. Parrish 2004-02-17 $14,035,000
6674516 Method of photolithographic exposure dose control as a function of resist sensitivity Keith J. Machia, Matthew Nicholls, Charles J. Parrish, Craig E. Schneider 2004-01-06 $7,683,000
6606533 Method and arrangement for controlling image size of integrated circuits on wafers through post-exposure bake hotplate-specific dose feedback 2003-08-12 $22,104,000
6518679 Capacitive alignment structure and method for chip stacking Ning Lu, Wilbur D. Pricer 2003-02-11 $11,665,000
6412666 Fluid container with a keying means to prevent improper fluid loading in a fluid delivery tool and a system including such fluid container and fluid delivery tool Dennis P. Hogan, Christopher E. Walsh 2002-07-02 $11,850,000
6377334 Method for controlling image size of integrated circuits on wafers supported on hot plates during post exposure baking of the wafers 2002-04-23 $16,630,000
6342735 Dual use alignment aid James J. Colelli, Steven J. Holmes, Peter H. Mitchell, Joseph Mundenar 2002-01-29 $17,392,000
6278515 Method and apparatus for adjusting a tilt of a lithography tool Stephen E. Knight 2001-08-21 $21,309,000
6235439 Method for controlling image size of integrated circuits on wafers supported on hot plates during post exposure baking of the wafers 2001-05-22 $28,959,000
6100506 Hot plate with in situ surface temperature adjustment James J. Colelli, Randall A. Leggett, Joseph Mundenar 2000-08-08 $34,993,000
5783309 Recovery of an anodically bonded glass device from a substrate by use of a metal interlayer Thomas B. Faure, Kurt R. Kimmel, Wilbur D. Pricer 1998-07-21 $12,143,000
5716763 Liquid immersion heating process for substrate temperature uniformity Douglas E. Benoit, Harold G. Linde, Denise M. Puisto 1998-02-10 $18,636,000
5712078 High contrast photoresists comprising acid sensitive crosslinked polymeric resins Wu-Song Huang, Harold G. Linde 1998-01-27 $18,838,000
5538151 Recovery of an anodically bonded glass device from a susstrate by use of a metal interlayer Thomas B. Faure, Kurt R. Kimmel, Wilbur D. Pricer 1996-07-23 $7,499,000