Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

NIKON CORPORATION

9,024Patents
4,087Active
9,024Granted
56Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 17, 1985 → Feb 7, 2025 · 1,579 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5243195A Projection exposure apparatus having an off-axis alignment system and method of alignment therefor Physics 722 Expired
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US6122036A Projection exposure apparatus and method Physics 584 Expired
US6341007B1 Exposure apparatus and method Physics 549 Expired
US6633364B2 Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method Physics 538 Expired
US7489389B2 Stage device with frame-shaped member movable in at least three degrees of freedom within a two-dimensional plane Electricity 537 Expired
US8072578B2 Position measurement method, position control method, measurement method, loading method, exposure method and exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 534 Active
US6590634B1 Exposure apparatus and method Physics 470 Expired
US6600547B2 Sliding seal Physics 469 Expired
US6710857B2 Substrate holding apparatus and exposure apparatus including substrate holding apparatus Physics 469 Expired
US6432849B1 Substrate storage cassette positioning device and method Electricity 463 Expired
US5874820A Window frame-guided stage mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 439 Expired
US5448332A Exposure method and apparatus Physics 419 Expired
US6400441B1 Projection exposure apparatus and method Physics 398 Expired
US6633365B2 Projection optical system and exposure apparatus having the projection optical system Physics 322 Expired
US6549269B1 Exposure apparatus and an exposure method Physics 321 Expired
US5646413A Exposure apparatus and method which synchronously moves the mask and the substrate to measure displacement Physics 311 Expired
US6795169B2 Exposure apparatus, optical projection apparatus and a method for adjusting the optical projection apparatus Physics 256 Expired
US7023610B2 Ultraviolet laser apparatus and exposure apparatus using same Electricity 252 Expired
US5579147A Scanning light exposure apparatus Physics 249 Expired
US6897963B1 Stage device and exposure apparatus Physics 244 Expired
US6811953B2 Exposure apparatus, method for manufacturing therof, method for exposing and method for manufacturing microdevice Physics 234 Expired
US5500736A Method of detecting positions Physics 230 Expired
US5194893A Exposure method and projection exposure apparatus Physics 222 Expired
USD715811S1 Display screen with a graphical user interface General 219 Active

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