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Computervision Corporation

24Patents
0Active
24Granted
36Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 3, 1974 → Sep 26, 1996

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4328553A Method and apparatus for targetless wafer alignment Performing Operations; Transporting 122 Expired
US6308144A Method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional model associativity Physics 97 Expired
US5847956A Automatic trimming of geometric objects in CAD/CAM systems Physics 44 Expired
US5297053A Method and apparatus for deferred package assignment for components of an electronic circuit for a printed circuit board Physics 39 Expired
US3955163A Method of positioning a semiconductor wafer for contact printing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5850535A Roll-back during regeneration on a computer-aided design system Physics 35 Expired
US5519833A Distributed data processing system providing a distributed stream software environment to enable application on a first system to use driver on a second system Physics 28 Expired
US5561747A Boundary evaluation in non-manifold environment Physics 27 Expired
US4408874A Projection aligner with specific means for bending mirror Physics 26 Expired
US4803306A Electromagnetic shielding clip Electricity 23 Expired
US3972424A Automatic wafer loading and pre-alignment system Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US4091316A Method and apparatus for damping stepper motors Electricity 21 Expired
US5506950A Method and apparatus for producing a three dimensional representation of a wire harness into a two dimensional presentation Physics 21 Expired
US4446412A Method and apparatus for controlling stepper motors Electricity 17 Expired
US3941486A Wire bonder Electricity 16 Expired
US5577176A Method and apparatus for displaying a cursor along a two dimensional representation of a computer generated three dimensional surface Physics 16 Expired
US4265542A Apparatus and method for fine alignment of a photomask to a semiconductor wafer Physics 14 Expired
US5513316A Method and apparatus for exercising an integrated software system Physics 12 Expired
US5655063A Topology based tolerancing for geometric modeling operations Physics 12 Expired
US4133918A Method of marking semiconductors Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US3969004A Air bearing piston assembly for semiconductor mask-to-wafer aligner Physics 12 Expired
US4506298A Method and apparatus for displaying objects on an interlaced raster scan television screen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4376580A Projection aligner with bending mirror Physics 5 Expired
US4244012A Lamp holder for projection aligner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.