Inventor · Blieskastel, DE

Michael Heiden

23Patents
3h-index
9Co-inventors
48Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 23, 2006 → Aug 10, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD627029S1 Arrow rest General 13 Expired
USD644289S1 Decorative deerskin arrowhead General 10 Expired
US7694426B2 Method for eliminating sources of error in the system correction of a coordinate measuring machine Physics 5 Active
US7903259B2 Device for determining the position of at least one structure on an object, use of an illumination apparatus with the device and use of protective gas with the device Physics 3 Active
US7382450B2 Method of detecting an edge bead removal line on a wafer Electricity 3 Active
US8305587B2 Apparatus for the optical inspection of wafers Physics 3 Active
US7654007B2 Method for improving the reproducibility of a coordinate measuring apparatus and its accuracy Physics 2 Active
US8582113B2 Device for determining the position of at least one structure on an object, use of an illumination apparatus with the device and use of protective gas with the device Physics 2 Active
US8390927B2 Element for homogenizing the illumination with simultaneous setting of the polarization degree Physics 2 Active
US7889338B2 Coordinate measuring machine and method for structured illumination of substrates Physics 2 Active
US7545489B2 Apparatus and method of inspecting the surface of a wafer Physics 1 Active
US7680616B2 Method for correcting an error of the imaging system of a coordinate measuring machine Physics 1 Active
US7986409B2 Method for determining the centrality of masks Physics 1 Active
US7978340B2 System and method for determining positions of structures on a substrate Physics 1 Active
US7769556B2 Method for correcting measuring errors caused by the lens distortion of an objective Physics 1 Active
US7602824B2 Device and method for supplying short-wavelength light Physics 0 Active
US7864319B2 Device and method for determining an optical property of a mask Physics 0 Active
US7939789B2 Method for reproducibly determining geometrical and/or optical object characteristics Electricity 0 Active
US7961334B2 Coordinate measuring machine for measuring structures on a substrate Electricity 0 Active
US7929149B2 Coordinate measuring machine and a method for correcting non-linearities of the interferometers of a coordinate measuring machine Physics 0 Active
US8154595B2 Device and method for automatic detection of incorrect measurements by means of quality factors Electricity 0 Active
US8102541B2 Apparatus and method for measuring structures on a mask and or for calculating structures in a photoresist resulting from the structures Physics 0 Active
US7561263B2 Apparatus for illuminating and inspecting a surface Physics 0 Active

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