Patents by Inventor Phillip Atkins

Phillip Atkins 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).

  • Patent number: 11840443
    Abstract: A pneumatic drum emptying station locates a lance over an opening in a container. A lance can be inserted into the container to remove material from the container. Pneumatic cylinders may lock a carriage supplying the lance at a desired position along an arm. The arm, rotatable relative to a base post, may be locked in a specific position with pneumatics. Supports may assist in reloading/repositioning containers relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert George Grantham-Hill, Nathan Phillip Atkins
  • Publication number: 20230192471
    Abstract: A pneumatic drum emptying station locates a lance over an opening in a container. A lance can be inserted into the container to remove material from the container. Pneumatic cylinders may lock a carriage supplying the lance at a desired position along an arm. The arm, rotatable relative to a base post, may be locked in a specific position with pneumatics. Supports may assist in reloading/repositioning containers relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Robert George Grantham-Hill, Nathan Phillip Atkins
  • Patent number: 11422095
    Abstract: A metrology system may receive a model for measuring one or more selected attributes of a target including features distributed in a selected pattern based on regression of spectroscopic scatterometry data from a scatterometry tool for a range of wavelengths. The metrology system may further generate a weighting function for the model to de-emphasize portions of the spectroscopic scatterometry data associated with wavelengths at which light captured by the scatterometry tool when measuring the target is predicted to include undesired diffraction orders. The metrology system may further direct the spectroscopic scatterometry tool to generate scatterometry data of one or more measurement targets including fabricated features distributed in the selected pattern. The metrology system may further measure the selected attributes for the one or more measurement targets based on regression of the scatterometry data of the one or more measurement targets to the model weighted by the weighting function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Atkins, Liequan Lee, Shankar Krishnan, David C. S. Wu, Emily Chiu
  • Patent number: 11156548
    Abstract: A parameterized geometric model of a structure can be determined based on spectra from a wafer metrology tool. The structure can have geometry-induced anisotropic effects. Dispersion parameters of the structure can be determined from the parameterized geometric model. This can enable metrology techniques to measure nanostructures that have geometries and relative positions with surrounding structures that induce non-negligible anisotropic effects. These techniques can be used to characterize process steps involving metal and semiconductor targets in semiconductor manufacturing of, for example, FinFETs or and gate-all-around field-effect transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Manh Nguyen, Phillip Atkins, Alexander Kuznetsov, Liequan Lee, Natalia Malkova, Paul Aoyagi, Mikhail Sushchik, Dawei Hu, Houssam Chouaib
  • Publication number: 20200232909
    Abstract: A metrology system may receive a model for measuring one or more selected attributes of a target including features distributed in a selected pattern based on regression of spectroscopic scatterometry data from a scatterometry tool for a range of wavelengths. The metrology system may further generate a weighting function for the model to de-emphasize portions of the spectroscopic scatterometry data associated with wavelengths at which light captured by the scatterometry tool when measuring the target is predicted to include undesired diffraction orders. The metrology system may further direct the spectroscopic scatterometry tool to generate scatterometry data of one or more measurement targets including fabricated features distributed in the selected pattern. The metrology system may further measure the selected attributes for the one or more measurement targets based on regression of the scatterometry data of the one or more measurement targets to the model weighted by the weighting function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Phillip Atkins, Liequan Lee, Shankar Krishnan, David C.S. Wu, Emily Chiu
  • Publication number: 20190178788
    Abstract: A parameterized geometric model of a structure can be determined based on spectra from a wafer metrology tool. The structure can have geometry-induced anisotropic effects. Dispersion parameters of the structure can be determined from the parameterized geometric model. This can enable metrology techniques to measure nanostructures that have geometries and relative positions with surrounding structures that induce non-negligible anisotropic effects. These techniques can be used to characterize process steps involving metal and semiconductor targets in semiconductor manufacturing of, for example, FinFETs or and gate-all-around field-effect transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Manh Nguyen, Phillip Atkins, Alexander Kuznetsov, Liequan Lee, Natalia Malkova, Paul Aoyagi, Mikhail Sushchik, Dawei Hu, Houssam Chouaib
  • Patent number: 8778356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising lipopolysaccharide derived from Burkholderia thailandensis and its various uses, including but not limited to its use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of meliodosis or amelioration of symptoms associated therewith, and/or glanders or amelioration of symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Joann Lisa Prior, Sarah Victoria Harding, Rachel Elizabeth Dean, Timothy Phillip Atkins
  • Publication number: 20120020993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising lipopolysaccharide derived from Burkholderia thailandensis and its various uses, including but not limited to its use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of meliodosis or amelioration of symptoms associated therewith, and/or glanders or amelioration of symptoms associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joann Lisa Prior, Sarah Victoria Harding, Rachel Elizabeth Dean, Timothy Phillip Atkins
  • Publication number: 20100055123
    Abstract: This invention relates to proteins expressed by ABC system genes of Burkholderia pseudomallei. The proteins (or protective fragments or protective variants thereof) are protective against Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Use of the proteins in treating Burkholderia mallei or Burkholderia pseudomallei infection and uses in the preparation of vaccines against melioidosis and glanders are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: David Neil Harland, Helen Susan Atkins, Nicola Jane Walker, Michelle Nelson, Richard William Titball, Timothy Phillip Atkins