Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Takashi Hiroi

83Patents
20h-index
77Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1985 → Oct 16, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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
US6587581B1 Visual inspection method and apparatus therefor Electricity 86 Expired
US6107637A Electron beam exposure or system inspection or measurement apparatus and its method and height detection apparatus Electricity 72 Expired
US6329826A Method and apparatus for inspecting integrated circuit pattern Electricity 56 Expired
US6759655B2 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 55 Expired
US5153444A Method and apparatus for detecting patterns Physics 54 Expired
US5649022A Pattern checking method and checking apparatus Physics 49 Expired
US4772125A Apparatus and method for inspecting soldered portions Physics 49 Expired
US6388747B2 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 43 Expired
US5430548A Method and apparatus for pattern detection Physics 40 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
US6476913B1 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 28 Expired
US6347150B1 Method and system for inspecting a pattern Physics 27 Expired
US7692144B2 Electron beam exposure or system inspection or measurement apparatus and its method and height detection apparatus Electricity 27 Active
US6421122B2 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 27 Expired
US6333510A Electron beam exposure or system inspection of measurement apparatus and its method and height detection apparatus Electricity 25 Expired
US6335532B1 Convergent charged particle beam apparatus and inspection method using same Electricity 22 Expired
US6614923B1 Pattern inspecting method and apparatus thereof, and pattern inspecting method on basis of electron beam images and apparatus thereof Electricity 22 Expired
US4641527A Inspection method and apparatus for joint junction states Physics 20 Expired
US6898305B2 Circuit pattern inspection method and apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US7116816B2 Method of inspecting a pattern and an apparatus thereof and a method of processing a specimen Electricity 19 Expired
US6567168B2 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 19 Expired
US6493082B2 Inspection method, apparatus and system for circuit pattern Electricity 18 Expired

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