Patents by Inventor Mark T. Pendleton

Mark T. Pendleton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for web-based tool management
    Patent number: 10054935
    Abstract: A method is provided, including: establishing a session over the Internet with a client device, the session configured to provide for remote control or monitoring of a manufacturing tool over the Internet via communication with a controller of the manufacturing tool, the manufacturing tool being one of a plurality of manufacturing tools in a fabrication facility (FAB); receiving a request from the client device to access an equipment model defining a representation of the manufacturing tool, the representation of the manufacturing tool; receiving data from a controller of the manufacturing tool that is stored in association with a service object of the manufacturing tool; sending to the client device, via the session, a response to the request, the response including the data received from the manufacturing tool that is stored in association with the service object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PEER Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond W. Ellis, Mark T. Pendleton, Charles M. Baylis
  • Apparatus and method for web-based tool management
    Patent number: 9841752
    Abstract: A method for controlling an automated manufacturing tool for semiconductor fabrication is provided, including the following method operations: receiving, over a network, a request from a client, the request defining an action for an automated manufacturing tool; authenticating the request; and, in response to receiving the request, triggering performance of the action by the automated manufacturing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: PEER Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond W. Ellis, Mark T. Pendleton, Charles M. Baylis
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEB-BASED TOOL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150241862
    Abstract: A method is provided, including: establishing a session over the Internet with a client device, the session configured to provide for remote control or monitoring of a manufacturing tool over the Internet via communication with a controller of the manufacturing tool, the manufacturing tool being one of a plurality of manufacturing tools in a fabrication facility (FAB); receiving a request from the client device to access an equipment model defining a representation of the manufacturing tool, the representation of the manufacturing tool; receiving data from a controller of the manufacturing tool that is stored in association with a service object of the manufacturing tool; sending to the client device, via the session, a response to the request, the response including the data received from the manufacturing tool that is stored in association with the service object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Raymond W. Ellis, Mark T. Pendleton, Charles M. Baylis
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEB-BASED TOOL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140088749
    Abstract: A method for controlling an automated manufacturing tool for semiconductor fabrication is provided, including the following method operations: receiving, over a network, a request from a client, the request defining an action for an automated manufacturing tool; authenticating the request; and, in response to receiving the request, triggering performance of the action by the automated manufacturing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: PEER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
    Inventors: Raymond W. Ellis, Mark T. Pendleton, Charles M. Baylis