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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Reginald R. Bowley, Jr., Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/700 ;
Abstract
A method for inspecting a plurality of similar structures in the surface of a workpiece includes providing a workpiece having a plurality of regions, each of the regions including at least two different materials, generating an image from each of the regions such that an image contrast between the two materials is enhanced and classifying the images into at least two classes including an acceptable class of images and unacceptable class of images.