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Nicholas K. Eib — 30 Patents

LSLsi: 28 patents #61 of 3,238Top 2%
ANAsml Holding N.V.: 1 patents #312 of 520Top 60%
Asml Netherlands B.V.: 1 patents #2,025 of 3,192Top 65%
APAvago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #883 of 2,004Top 45%
SUSuvolta: 1 patents #34 of 61Top 60%
San Jose, CA: #2,039 of 32,062 inventorsTop 7%
California: #17,345 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Nicholas K. Eib has been granted 30 US patents. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in November 2015. Nicholas K. Eib ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Nicholas K. Eib in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2001.peak 41997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 3 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9188848 Maskless vortex phase shift optical direct write lithography Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2015-11-17 $18,907,000
8377633 Maskless vortex phase shift optical direct write lithography Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2013-02-19
8057963 Maskless vortex phase shift optical direct write lithography Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2011-11-15
8012873 Method for providing temperature uniformity of rapid thermal annealing 2011-09-06
7738078 Optimized mirror design for optical direct write Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2010-06-15 $4,468,000
7634389 Reflectivity optimization for multilayer stacks Lav D. Ivanovic, Xudong XU 2009-12-15 $11,994,000
7499146 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method, an integrated circuit, a flat panel display, and a method of compensating for cupping Kars Zeger Troost, Johannes Jacobus Matheus Baselmans, Arno Jan Bleeker, Louis John Markoya, Neal Callan 2009-03-03
7372547 Process and apparatus for achieving single exposure pattern transfer using maskless optical direct write lithography Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2008-05-13 $7,190,000
7313508 Process window compliant corrections of design layout Ebo Croffie, Colin D. Yates, Christopher Neville, Mario Garza, Neal Callan 2007-12-25
7270942 Optimized mirror design for optical direct write Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2007-09-18 $7,442,000
7264906 OPC based illumination optimization with mask error constraints Ebo Croffie, Mario Garza, Paul G. Filseth, Lav D. Ivanovic 2007-09-04 $24,410,000
7189498 Process and apparatus for generating a strong phase shift optical pattern for use in an optical direct write lithography process Ebo Croffie, Neal Callan 2007-03-13 $3,947,000
6809824 Alignment process for integrated circuit structures on semiconductor substrate using scatterometry measurements of latent images in spaced apart test fields on substrate Colin D. Yates, Nicholas F. Pasch 2004-10-26 $2,318,000
6759337 Process for etching a controllable thickness of oxide on an integrated circuit structure on a semiconductor substrate using nitrogen plasma and plasma and an rf bias applied to the substrate Sheldon Aronowitz, Valeriy Sukharev, John Haywood, James Kimball, Helmut Puchner +1 more 2004-07-06 $2,680,000
6532585 Method and apparatus for application of proximity correction with relative segmentation Dusan Petranovic, Ranko Scepanovic, Edwin Jones, Richard Schinella, Nicholas F. Pasch +3 more 2003-03-11 $2,436,000
6499003 Method and apparatus for application of proximity correction with unitary segmentation Edwin Jones, Dusan Petranovic, Ranko Scepanovic, Richard Schinella, Nicholas F. Pasch +3 more 2002-12-24 $3,887,000
6425117 System and method for performing optical proximity correction on the interface between optical proximity corrected cells Nicholas F. Pasch, Colin D. Yates, Shumay X. Dou 2002-07-23 $2,841,000
6413881 PROCESS FOR FORMING THIN GATE OXIDE WITH ENHANCED RELIABILITY BY NITRIDATION OF UPPER SURFACE OF GATE OF OXIDE TO FORM BARRIER OF NITROGEN ATOMS IN UPPER SURFACE REGION OF GATE OXIDE, AND RESULTING PRODUCT Sheldon Aronowitz, John Haywood, James Kimball, Helmut Puchner, Ravindra M. Kapre 2002-07-02 $10,025,000
6282696 Performing optical proximity correction with the aid of design rule checkers Mario Garza, John V. Jensen, Keith K. Chao 2001-08-28 $24,182,000
6269472 Optical proximity correction method and apparatus Mario Garza, John V. Jensen, Keith K. Chao 2001-07-31 $31,266,000
6174630 Method of proximity correction with relative segmentation Dusan Petranovic, Ranko Scepanovic, Edwin Jones, Richard Schinella, Nicholas F. Pasch +3 more 2001-01-16 $19,650,000
6175953 Method and apparatus for general systematic application of proximity correction Ranko Scepanovic, Dusan Petranovic, Edwin Jones, Richard Schinella, Nicholas F. Pasch +3 more 2001-01-16 $19,650,000
6109775 Method for adjusting the density of lines and contact openings across a substrate region for improving the chemical-mechanical polishing of a thin-film later disposed thereon Prabhakar P. Tripathi, Keith K. Chao, Ratan K. Choudhury, Gauri C. Das, Ashok K. Kapoor +1 more 2000-08-29 $21,268,000
5900338 Performing optical proximity correction with the aid of design rule checkers Mario Garza, John V. Jensen, Keith K. Chao 1999-05-04 $14,136,000
5897381 Method of forming a layer and semiconductor substrate Sheldon Aronowitz, Jon S. Owyang 1999-04-27 $7,915,000