Inventor · Bunkyo, JP

Aritoshi Sugimoto

42Patents
14h-index
69Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 4, 1997 → Apr 26, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6734687B1 Apparatus for detecting defect in device and method of detecting defect Physics 113 Expired
US5986263A Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same Electricity 106 Expired
US6172363A Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 96 Expired
US6771077B2 Method of testing electronic devices indicating short-circuit Physics 77 Expired
US6329826A Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 56 Expired
US6760472B1 Identification method for an article using crystal defects Electricity 42 Expired
US6583634B1 Method of inspecting circuit pattern and inspecting instrument Electricity 34 Expired
US5877498A Method and apparatus for X-ray analyses Electricity 32 Expired
US6087673A Method of inspecting pattern and apparatus thereof Physics 31 Expired
US6172365A Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same Electricity 30 Expired
US6960765B2 Probe driving method, and probe apparatus Physics 28 Expired
US6347150B1 Method and system for inspecting a pattern Physics 27 Expired
US6291847A Semiconductor integrated circuit device and process for manufacturing the same Electricity 20 Expired
US6703850B2 Method of inspecting circuit pattern and inspecting instrument Electricity 20 Expired
US6661912B1 Inspecting method and apparatus for repeated micro-miniature patterns Physics 13 Expired
US7417444B2 Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 13 Expired
US6373054B1 Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same Electricity 13 Expired
US6559663B2 Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 12 Expired
US6365425B1 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Physics 12 Expired
US7026830B2 Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 12 Expired
US7133550B2 Pattern inspection method and apparatus Electricity 9 Expired
US6236057A Method of inspecting pattern and apparatus thereof with a differential brightness image detection Physics 8 Expired
US6717142B2 Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same Electricity 8 Expired
US6970004B2 Apparatus for inspecting defects of devices and method of inspecting defects Physics 8 Expired
US6828554B2 Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same Electricity 6 Expired

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