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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A new software support package is provided that monitors tool status and scheduling requirements in a semiconductor manufacturing environment. A multiplicity of tools interfaces with a Manufacturing Execution system (MES) that is a functional component of the Operation and supervision integrated MES user Interface (OMI). A User Interface (UI) function, which is also part of the OMI, interfaces between a multiplicity of users (of the OMI functions) and the MES sub-component of the OMI system.