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Verity Instruments, Inc.

32Patents
19Active
32Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 8, 1993 → May 11, 2023 · 3 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6991514B1 Optical closed-loop control system for a CMP apparatus and method of manufacture thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 109 Expired
US6052188A Spectroscopic ellipsometer Physics 72 Expired
US7339682B2 Heterodyne reflectometer for film thickness monitoring and method for implementing Physics 43 Expired
US8125633B2 Calibration of a radiometric optical monitoring system used for fault detection and process monitoring Physics 34 Active
US6830939B2 System and method for determining endpoint in etch processes using partial least squares discriminant analysis in the time domain of optical emission spectra Electricity 30 Expired
US5816476A Dual frequency power supply and transducer Electricity 22 Expired
US5364005A Ultrasonic transducer and mount Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US7049156B2 System and method for in-situ monitor and control of film thickness and trench depth Electricity 15 Expired
US9997325B2 Electron beam exciter for use in chemical analysis in processing systems Electricity 12 Active
US9842726B2 Method and apparatus for the detection of arc events during the plasma processing of a wafer, surface of substrate Electricity 11 Active
US6642063B2 Apparatus for characterization of microelectronic feature quality Electricity 9 Expired
US7589843B2 Self referencing heterodyne reflectometer and method for implementing Physics 5 Active
US5595330A Power supply Electricity 5 Expired
US7545503B2 Self referencing heterodyne reflectometer and method for implementing Physics 4 Expired
US6975393B2 Method and apparatus for implementing an afterglow emission spectroscopy monitor Electricity 4 Expired
US7084979B1 Non-contact optical profilometer with orthogonal beams Physics 4 Expired
US10365212B2 System and method for calibration of optical signals in semiconductor process systems Electricity 3 Active
US9386241B2 Apparatus and method for enhancing dynamic range of charge coupled device-based spectrograph Electricity 3 Expired
US9383323B2 Workpiece characterization system Physics 2 Active
US7630859B2 Method and apparatus for reducing the effects of window clouding on a viewport window in a reactive environment Physics 2 Active
US9310250B1 High dynamic range measurement system for process monitoring Physics 1 Active
US10679832B2 Microwave plasma source Electricity 1 Active
US11885682B2 System, apparatus, and method for spectral filtering Electricity 0 Active
US11424115B2 Multimode configurable spectrometer Physics 0 Active
US10861755B2 System and method for measurement of complex structures Physics 0 Active

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