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William Volk

KLKla-Tencor: 7 patents #809 of 1,394Top 60%
Portola Valley, CA: #207 of 621 inventorsTop 35%
California: #73,997 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #625,899 of 4,157,543Top 20%
8 Patents All Time

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Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11348222 Methods and systems for inspection of wafers and reticles using designer intent data Paul Frank Marella, Sharon McCauley, Ellis Chang, James Wiley, Sterling Watson +2 more 2022-05-31
10713771 Methods and systems for inspection of wafers and reticles using designer intent data Paul Frank Marella, Sharon McCauley, Ellis Chang, James Wiley, Sterling Watson +2 more 2020-07-14
9951585 Method of inducing micro-seismic fractures and dislocations of fractures 2018-04-24
9002497 Methods and systems for inspection of wafers and reticles using designer intent data James Wiley, Sterling Watson, Sagar A. Kekare, Carl Hess, Paul Frank Marella +2 more 2015-04-07
8498468 Mask inspection 2013-07-30
8102408 Computer-implemented methods and systems for determining different process windows for a wafer printing process for different reticle designs Gaurav Verma, Bo SU, Harold Lehon, Carl Hess 2012-01-24
7604906 Films for prevention of crystal growth on fused silica substrates for semiconductor lithography Ben Eynon, Brian J. Grenon 2009-10-20
7541115 Use of calcium fluoride substrate for lithography masks Laurence Wagner 2009-06-02