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Thomas Christopher Cecil — 26 Patents

SYSynopsys: 24 patents #17 of 2,302Top 1%
LTLuminescent Technologies: 1 patents #12 of 23Top 55%
UAUchicago Argonne: 1 patents #458 of 1,009Top 50%
Menlo Park, CA: #302 of 3,774 inventorsTop 9%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Thomas Christopher Cecil has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Synopsys. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in May 2025. Thomas Christopher Cecil ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Thomas Christopher Cecil in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12293279 Neural network based mask synthesis for integrated circuits Kevin Hooker, Marco Guajardo 2025-05-06
12242183 Enforcing mask synthesis consistency across random areas of integrated circuit chips Kevin Hooker 2025-03-04
11977327 Enforcing mask synthesis consistency across random areas of integrated circuit chips Kevin Hooker 2024-05-07 $171,383,000
11860531 Skeleton representation of layouts for the development of lithographic masks David Thomas 2024-01-02 $66,962,000
11822232 Dose information generation and communication for lithography manufacturing systems 2023-11-21 $219,648,000
11762283 Inverse lithography and machine learning for mask synthesis Amyn A. Poonawala, Jason Jiale Shu 2023-09-19 $79,815,000
11748553 Mask rule checking for curvilinear masks for electronic circuits 2023-09-05 $204,598,000
11720015 Mask synthesis using design guided offsets Kevin Hooker 2023-08-08 $375,162,000
11663485 Classification of patterns in an electronic circuit layout using machine learning based encoding 2023-05-30 $100,219,000
11657207 Wafer sensitivity determination and communication 2023-05-23 $135,845,000
11651135 Dose optimization techniques for mask synthesis tools 2023-05-16 $76,826,000
11644747 Obtaining a mask using a cost function gradient from a jacobian matrix generated from a perturbation look-up table 2023-05-09 $157,230,000
11568127 Mask rule checking for curvilinear masks for electronic circuits 2023-01-31 $86,331,000
11449659 Lithography-based pattern optimization 2022-09-20 $154,394,000
11360382 Enforcing mask synthesis consistency across random areas of integrated circuit chips Kevin Hooker 2022-06-14 $74,163,000
11222160 Mask rule checking for curvilinear masks for electronic circuits 2022-01-11 $56,398,000
11061321 Obtaining a mask using a cost function gradient from a Jacobian matrix generated from a perturbation look-up table 2021-07-13 $86,787,000
10430543 Matrix reduction for lithography simulation 2019-10-01
10318697 Sub-resolution assist feature implementation for shot generation Michael L. Rieger, Benjamin D. Painter 2019-06-11 $10,916,000
10262100 Rule based assist feature placement using skeletons 2019-04-16 $32,782,000
9523777 Thermal kinetic inductance detector Lisa Gades, Antonio Miceli, Orlando Quaranta 2016-12-20
9471746 Sub-resolution assist feature implementation with shot optimization Michael L. Rieger, Benjamin D. Painter 2016-10-18 $6,230,000
9170481 Sub-resolution assist feature implementation using shot optimization Michael L. Rieger, Benjamin D. Painter 2015-10-27 $3,619,000
8498469 Full-field mask error enhancement function Guangming Xiao, Linyong Pang, Robert E. Gleason, John F. McCarty 2013-07-30 $22,073,000
8473878 Lithographically enhanced edge determination Tatung Chow, Changqing Hu, Donghwan Son, David Kim 2013-06-25 $3,652,000