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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:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Gerald L. Goff, Austin, TX (US);
Leslie Marshall, Austin, TX (US);
Donald C. Likes, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gerald L. Goff, Austin, TX (US);
Leslie Marshall, Austin, TX (US);
Donald C. Likes, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
GlobalFoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for dispatching wafers for processing in a tool includes identifying a queue of wafers available to be processed in the tool. One of the wafers is randomly selected based at least in part on a length of time each wafer has been in the queue. The selected wafer is dispatched for processing in the tool.