Patents by Inventor Theodorus Knoops

Theodorus Knoops 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).

  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 7016019
    Abstract: In a lithographic projection apparatus and a device manufacturing method, a movable part is controlled to produce a motion, an absolute value of at least one of a fourth and a higher derivative to time of the position of the motion being limited to less than a maximal value. Specifying at least one of a fourth and a higher derivative to time of the position may help to improve settling behavior to obtain more accurate positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Marinus Christianus Maria Van Den Biggelaar, Henrikus Herman Marie Cox, Yin Tim Tso, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Theodorus Knoops
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Publication number: 20050128460
    Abstract: In a lithographic projection apparatus and a device manufacturing method, a movable part is controlled to produce a motion, an absolute value of at least one of a fourth and a higher derivative to time of the position of the motion being limited to less than a maximal value. Specifying at least one of a fourth and a higher derivative to time of the position may help to improve settling behavior to obtain more accurate positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Marinus Van Den Biggelaar, Henrikus Cox, Yin Tso, Sjoerd Donders, Theodorus Knoops
  • Control system of a sorting device
    Patent number: 4026539
    Abstract: Device for the assorted collection of sheets, comprising a transport track and bins situated along this track. The bins are provided with guide organs and each bin can be moved so that its guide organ protrudes into the track so as to guide a sheet into a bin. In the transport track the sheets are transported by means of belts running around a vacuum holddown device so as to hold the sheets onto the belts. The device may be arranged to receive copy sheets exiting from a copying apparatus and may be operated selectively in a first mode in which all similar copy sheets are delivered to a particular bin, or in a second mode in which sheets are collated into a predetermined number of bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Oce-van der Grinten N.V.
    Inventor: Theodorus Knoops