Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD.

1,372Patents
298Active
1,372Granted
51Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 8, 1978 → Jun 24, 2014 · 213 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5315092A Apparatus for heat-treating wafer by light-irradiation and device for measuring temperature of substrate used in such apparatus Electricity 563 Expired
US8608885B2 Substrate heat treatment apparatus Electricity 533 Active
US5989342A Apparatus for substrate holding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 493 Expired
US7432476B2 Substrate heat treatment apparatus Electricity 469 Active
US8003919B2 Substrate heat treatment apparatus Electricity 456 Active
US7062161B2 Photoirradiation thermal processing apparatus and thermal processing susceptor employed therefor Electricity 452 Expired
US4693211A Surface treatment apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 408 Expired
US5022961A Method for removing a film on a silicon layer surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 399 Expired
US6843202B2 Thermal processing apparatus for substrate employing photoirradiation Electricity 376 Expired
US4925388A Apparatus for heat treating substrates capable of quick cooling Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 332 Expired
US6806897B2 Image recording apparatus using the grating light valve Performing Operations; Transporting 230 Expired
US5571325A Subtrate processing apparatus and device for and method of exchanging substrate in substrate processing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US5520744A Device for rinsing and drying substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US5881211A Data conversion table changing Electricity 128 Expired
US4788994A Wafer holding mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Expired
US5678116A Method and apparatus for drying a substrate having a resist film with a miniaturized pattern Physics 121 Expired
US5288333A Wafer cleaning method and apparatus therefore Electricity 118 Expired
US4871417A Method and apparatus for surface treating of substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Expired
US5120966A Method of and apparatus for measuring film thickness Physics 116 Expired
US4799175A System for inspecting pattern defects of printed wiring boards Physics 112 Expired
US5373786A Metal mask plate for screen printing Electricity 102 Expired
US7026832B2 Probe mark reading device and probe mark reading method Physics 99 Expired
US5032217A System for treating a surface of a rotating wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 97 Expired
US4870923A Apparatus for treating the surfaces of wafers Chemistry; Metallurgy 93 Expired
US6051101A Substrate processing apparatus, substrate transport apparatus and substrate transfer apparatus Electricity 91 Expired

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