B24B 49/003
Involving acoustic means
Official title: {involving acoustic means}
B24B49/003 (Involving acoustic means) appears on 130 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 161
- Assignees
- 88
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Monitoring system for a movable component connected to a stationary component1 Sep 2026US 12,722,249 B2Marposs Societa' Per Azioni
- Acoustic carrier head monitoring18 Aug 2026US 12,708,978 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Acoustic window in pad polishing and backing layer for chemical mechanical polishing14 Jul 2026US 12,678,914 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Monitoring system for a movable component connected to a stationary component23 Jun 2026US 12,661,755 B2Marposs Societa' Per Azioni
- Monitoring system for a movable component connected to a stationary component16 Jun 2026US 12,654,282 B2Marposs Societa' Per Azioni
- Method and System for Automated Surface Treatment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284830 A1Palladyne Corp.
- Grinding stone truing method and truing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241514 A1Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- System and method for monitoring chemical mechanical polishing30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115855 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Method for conditioning polishing pad23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109002 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Food product slicer and associated knife sharpness evaluation system23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109069 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of a semiconductor wafer using acoustical waves for in-situ end point detection345US 5,240,552 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1993
- System for real-time control of semiconductor wafer polishing including optical monitoring282US 5,658,183 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1997
- System for real-time control of semiconductor wafer polishing including optical montoring249US 5,730,642 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1998
- Devices for presenting airborne materials to the nose197US 6,325,475 B1MicroFab Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- System for real-time control of semiconductor wafer polishing186US 5,851,135 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1998