Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Yu Cao

215Patents
21h-index
149Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 1999 → Apr 16, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8041611B2 Pricing and auctioning of bundled items among multiple sellers and buyers Physics 394 Active
US7974972B2 Methods and apparatus for searching with awareness of geography and languages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 385 Active
US7840447B2 Pricing and auctioning of bundled items among multiple sellers and buyers Physics 363 Active
US7483894B2 Methods and apparatus for entity search Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 359 Active
US7809610B2 Methods and apparatus for freshness and completeness of information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 352 Active
US7571106B2 Methods and apparatus for freshness and completeness of information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 344 Active
US7523108B2 Methods and apparatus for searching with awareness of geography and languages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 342 Active
US7003758B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 203 Expired
US7703069B1 Three-dimensional mask model for photolithography simulation Physics 75 Active
US8200468B2 Methods and system for lithography process window simulation Physics 73 Active
US7120895B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 62 Expired
US7111277B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 55 Expired
US7114145B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 55 Expired
US7117478B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 54 Expired
US7117477B2 System and method for lithography simulation Physics 54 Expired
US7488933B2 Method for lithography model calibration Physics 38 Active
US7749666B2 System and method for measuring and analyzing lithographic parameters and determining optimal process corrections Physics 31 Active
US8584056B2 Fast freeform source and mask co-optimization method Physics 26 Active
US7747978B2 System and method for creating a focus-exposure model of a lithography process Physics 25 Active
US8570485B2 Lens heating compensation systems and methods Physics 23 Active
US7558419B1 System and method for detecting integrated circuit pattern defects Physics 22 Active
US7882480B2 System and method for model-based sub-resolution assist feature generation Physics 21 Active
US6516085B1 Apparatus and methods for collecting global data during a reticle inspection Physics 21 Expired
US6476961B1 Optical amplifier systems with transient control Electricity 21 Expired
US10031526B1 Vision-based driving scenario generator for autonomous driving simulation Physics 20 Active

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