Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
OT

Osamu Tanitsu

NINikon: 58 patents #29 of 2,493Top 2%
Gyōda, JP: #7 of 565 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #41,919 of 4,157,543Top 2%
58 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 58 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8611013 Optical integrator, illumination optical device, aligner, and method for fabricating device 2013-12-17
8456624 Inspection device and inspecting method for spatial light modulator, illumination optical system, method for adjusting the illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Hirohisa Tanaka 2013-06-04
8451427 Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, optical element and manufacturing method thereof, and device manufacturing method 2013-05-28
8446579 Inspection device and inspecting method for spatial light modulator, illumination optical system, method for adjusting the illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Hirohisa Tanaka 2013-05-21
8379187 Optical unit, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method 2013-02-19
8325324 Illuminating optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method Koji Shigematsu 2012-12-04
8139198 Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device Hisashi Nishinaga, Ikuo Hikima, Mitsunori Toyoda, Masahiro Nakagawa, Tsuneyuki Hagiwara +3 more 2012-03-20
8094290 Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Soichi Owa, Hirohisa Tanaka 2012-01-10
8039807 Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device 2011-10-18
7515247 Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized state fluctuation correcting device Hirohisa Tanaka, Kenichi Muramatsu, Norio Komine, Hisashi Nishinaga, Tomoyuki Matsuyama +1 more 2009-04-07
7515248 Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized state detection result and adjustment Hirohisa Tanaka, Kenichi Muramatsu, Norio Komine, Hisashi Nishinaga, Tomoyuki Matsuyama +1 more 2009-04-07
7423731 Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with polarized switching device Hirohisa Tanaka, Kenichi Muramatsu, Norio Komine, Hisashi Nishinaga, Tomoyuki Matsuyama +1 more 2008-09-09
RE39846 Illumination optical apparatus and scanning exposure apparatus Takashi Mori, Noriaki Yamamoto 2007-09-18
7095560 Diffractive optical device, refractive optical device, illumination optical system, exposure apparatus and exposure method Mitsunori Toyoda 2006-08-22
6913373 Optical illumination device, exposure device and exposure method Hirohisa Tanaka, Mitsunori Toyoda 2005-07-05
6741394 Optical integrator, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and observation apparatus Yuji Kudo, Mitsunori Toyoda, Masato Shibuya 2004-05-25
6597430 Exposure method, illuminating device, and exposure system Kenji Nishi, Kyoji Nakamura 2003-07-22
6563567 Method and apparatus for illuminating a surface using a projection imaging apparatus Hideki Komatsuda, Akihiko Goto, Nobumichi Kanayamaya, Masato Shibuya, Tetsuo Takahashi 2003-05-13
6238063 Illumination optical apparatus and projection exposure apparatus Masato Shibuya, Nobumichi Kanayamaya 2001-05-29
6236449 Illumination optical apparatus and exposure apparatus 2001-05-22
6106139 Illumination optical apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method Kayo Sugiyama 2000-08-22
6081320 Illumination apparatus and exposure apparatus 2000-06-27
5986744 Projection optical system, illumination apparatus, and exposure apparatus Yuji Kudo 1999-11-16
5963306 Exposure apparatus and methods for using the same Kayo Sugiyama 1999-10-05
5955243 Illumination optical system and method of manufacturing semiconductor devices 1999-09-21