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Nigel P. Smith

NI Nanometrics Incorporated: 11 patents #3 of 127Top 3%
GL Global Chemicals (Uk) Limited: 5 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
TI Texas Instruments: 5 patents #2,788 of 12,488Top 25%
OI Onto Innovation: 5 patents #2 of 69Top 3%
IBM: 5 patents #18,733 of 70,183Top 30%
IT ITRI: 4 patents #1,876 of 9,619Top 20%
AT Accent Optical Technologies: 4 patents #2 of 15Top 15%
ZL Zf Automotive Uk Limited: 3 patents #9 of 66Top 15%
VL Vg Instruments Group Limited: 1 patents #16 of 61Top 30%
Overall (All Time): #96,876 of 4,157,543Top 3%
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Showing 25 most recent of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12386271 Multi-layer calibration for empirical overlay measurement Francis Scott Hoover, Nicholas James Keller, Kevin Eduard Heidrich 2025-08-12
11597429 Electric power assisted steering Russell Wilson-Jones, Timothy Buttery, Andrew W. Reynolds, Thomas Haines 2023-03-07
11557967 Voltage regulator with adaptive feed-forward compensation for periodic loads Florian Feckl, Erich Bayer 2023-01-17
11150195 Sample surface polarization modification in interferometric defect inspection 2021-10-19
10935501 Sub-resolution defect detection 2021-03-02
10937705 Sample inspection using topography Holly M. Edmundson, Michael Gilmore 2021-03-02
10830709 Interferometer with pixelated phase shift mask 2020-11-10
10774891 Electromechanical actuator 2020-09-15
10773701 Electromechanical actuator 2020-09-15
10288408 Scanning white-light interferometry system for characterization of patterned semiconductor features George Andrew Antonelli 2019-05-14
10229648 Programmable level shifter for LCD systems Roland Bucksch 2019-03-12
10107621 Image based overlay measurement with finite gratings 2018-10-23
9564105 Programmable level shifter for LCD systems Roland Bucksch 2017-02-07
9239523 Diffraction based overlay linearity testing Jie Li, Zhuan Liu, Silvio J. Rabello 2016-01-19
8674744 Electronic device and method for providing a digital signal at a level shifter output Byoung-Suk Kim, Stefan Reithmaier 2014-03-18
8390556 Level shifter for use in LCD display applications Byoung-Suk Kim, Stefan Reithmaier 2013-03-05
8339605 Multilayer alignment and overlay target and measurement method Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lewis A. Binns, Jaime D. Morillo 2012-12-25
8107079 Multi layer alignment and overlay target and measurement method Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lewis A. Binns, Jaime D. Morillo 2012-01-31
7876439 Multi layer alignment and overlay target and measurement method Christopher P. Ausschnitt, Lewis A. Binns, Jaime D. Morillo 2011-01-25
7847939 Overlay measurement target Yi-Sha Ku, Hsiu Lan Pang 2010-12-07
7808643 Determining overlay error using an in-chip overlay target Kevin Eduard Heidrich 2010-10-05
7800824 Method for designing gratings Shih-Chun Wang, Yi-Sha Ku, Chun-Hung Ko, Deh-Ming Shyu 2010-09-21
7619753 Method for measuring dimensions and optical system using the same An-Shun Liu, Yi-Sha Ku 2009-11-17
7532317 Scatterometry method with characteristic signatures matching Yi-Sha Ku, Shih-Chun Wang, Chun-Hung Ko 2009-05-12
7477396 Methods and systems for determining overlay error based on target image symmetry Yi-Sha Ku, Hsiu Lan Pang 2009-01-13