Christopher Sears
29Patents
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33Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 16, 2010 → May 31, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8698094B1 | Permanent magnet lens array | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US8513619B1 | Non-planar extractor structure for electron source | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US8455838B2 | Multiple-column electron beam apparatus and methods | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US9805910B1 | Automated SEM nanoprobe tool | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8421030B2 | Charged-particle energy analyzer | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US10748739B2 | Deflection array apparatus for multi-electron beam system | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10096447B1 | Electron beam apparatus with high resolutions | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8633457B2 | Background reduction system including louver | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US11056312B1 | Micro stigmator array for multi electron beam system | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9513230B2 | Apparatus and method for optical inspection, magnetic field and height mapping | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US10276346B1 | Particle beam inspector with independently-controllable beams | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US10090131B2 | Method and system for aberration correction in an electron beam system | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US10056224B2 | Method and system for edge-of-wafer inspection and review | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US9443693B2 | Notched magnetic lens for improved sample access in an SEM | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8658973B2 | Auger elemental identification algorithm | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8921782B2 | Tilt-imaging scanning electron microscope | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10964522B2 | High resolution electron energy analyzer | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9934933B1 | Extractor electrode for electron source | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10354832B2 | Multi-column scanning electron microscopy system | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11037753B2 | Magnetically microfocused electron emission source | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12165838B2 | Joint electron-optical columns for flood-charging and image-forming in voltage contrast wafer inspections | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12165831B2 | Method and system of image-forming multi-electron beams | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US9881764B2 | Heat-spreading blanking system for high throughput electron beam apparatus | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10770258B2 | Method and system for edge-of-wafer inspection and review | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10224177B2 | Method and system for aberration correction in an electron beam system | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.