Inventor · Aalen, DE

Alexander Epple

84Patents
16h-index
51Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 1, 2001 → Jun 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7085075B2 Projection objectives including a plurality of mirrors with lenses ahead of mirror M3 Physics 65 Expired
US7209292B2 Projection objective, especially for microlithography, and method for adjusting a projection objective Physics 46 Expired
US7190530B2 Projection objectives including a plurality of mirrors with lenses ahead of mirror M3 Physics 45 Expired
US7187503B2 Refractive projection objective for immersion lithography Physics 39 Expired
US7256932B2 Optical system for ultraviolet light Physics 36 Expired
US7385756B2 Catadioptric projection objective Physics 35 Expired
US6995930B2 Catadioptric projection objective with geometric beam splitting Physics 23 Expired
US6765729B2 Catadioptric reduction lens Physics 22 Expired
US6806942B2 Projection exposure system Physics 22 Expired
US8345350B2 Chromatically corrected objective with specifically structured and arranged dioptric optical elements and projection exposure apparatus including the same Physics 20 Active
US6788387B2 Lithographic objective having a first lens group including only lenses having a positive refractive power Physics 19 Expired
US7046459B1 Catadioptric reductions lens Physics 18 Expired
US7006304B2 Catadioptric reduction lens Physics 18 Expired
US7136220B2 Catadioptric reduction lens Physics 18 Expired
US7203010B2 Catadioptric projection objective Physics 16 Expired
US7463422B2 Projection exposure apparatus Physics 16 Active
US8390784B2 Catadioptric projection objective with pupil mirror, projection exposure apparatus and projection exposure method Physics 15 Active
US7426082B2 Catadioptric projection objective with geometric beam splitting Physics 14 Expired
US8107162B2 Catadioptric projection objective with intermediate images Physics 14 Active
US6717746B2 Catadioptric reduction lens Physics 11 Expired
US7712905B2 Imaging system with mirror group Physics 9 Active
US9235136B2 Projection exposure apparatus for projection lithography Physics 8 Active
US7697198B2 Catadioptric projection objective Physics 8 Expired
US6831794B2 Objective with at least one aspheric lens Physics 8 Expired
US8208199B2 Catadioptric projection objective Physics 7 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.