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Frances Anne Houle
Also filed as: HOULE FRANCES · HOULE FRANCES A · HOULE FRANCES ANNE
29 granted patents·3 pending applications·495 citations·filing 1982–2013
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32 records- 0197US4574095ASelective deposition of copperIBM·Filed 1984·Granted Mar 4, 1986·144 cites·7 claims
- 0295US7501648B2Phase change materials and associated memory devicesIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 10, 2009·23 cites·35 claims
- 0395US7079223B2Fast model-based optical proximity correctionIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 18, 2006·86 cites·24 claims
- 0490US7419611B2Processes and materials for step and flash imprint lithographyIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 2, 2008·16 cites·1 claims
- 0588US7875873B2Phase change materials and associated memory devicesIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 25, 2011·6 cites·20 claims
- 0687US7488771B2Stabilization of vinyl ether materialsIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 10, 2009·6 cites·10 claims
- 0784US7179571B2Apparatus for characterization of photoresist resolution, and method of useIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 20, 2007·6 cites·21 claims
- 0882US8029716B2Amorphous nitride release layers for imprint lithography, and method of useIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 4, 2011·6 cites·24 claims
- 0982US7749422B2Release layer for imprinted photocationic curable resinsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 6, 2010·5 cites·6 claims
- 1079US8262961B2Aromatic vinyl ether based reverse-tone step and flash imprint lithographyDIPIETRO RICHARD ANTHONY·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 11, 2012·3 cites·24 claims
- 1176US7046342B2Apparatus for characterization of photoresist resolution, and method of useIBM·Filed 2004·Granted May 16, 2006·12 cites·32 claims
- 1275US7090963B2Process for forming features of 50 nm or less half-pitch with chemically amplified resist imagingIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 15, 2006·16 cites·15 claims
- 1369US8128832B2Processes and materials for step and flash imprint lithographyDIPIETRO RICHARD ANTHONY·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 6, 2012·2 cites·33 claims
- 1467US5826065ASoftware architecture for stochastic simulation of non-homogeneous systemsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 20, 1998·51 cites·27 claims
- 1566US2014110888A1Stabilization of vinyl ether materialsIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 1665US8168109B2Stabilizers for vinyl ether resist formulations for imprint lithographyHOULE FRANCES A·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·2 cites·24 claims
- 1760US8759415B2Aromatic vinyl ether based reverse-tone step and flash imprint lithographyDIPIETRO RICHARD ANTHONY·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 1860US6770419B2Low silicon-outgassing resist for bilayer lithographyIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 3, 2004·14 cites·7 claims
- 1960US5446870ASpatially resolved stochastic simulation systemIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 29, 1995·35 cites·1 claims
- 2057US8637602B2Stabilization of vinyl ether materialsHOULE FRANCES ANNE·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 28, 2014·0 cites·12 claims
- 2156US8114331B2Amorphous oxide release layers for imprint lithography, and method of useHOULE FRANCES A·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 14, 2012·5 cites·23 claims
- 2255US2008248213A1Release layer for imprinted photocationically cured filmsIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2353US8758962B2Method and apparatus for sub-pellicle defect reduction on photomasksBURNHAM JAY S·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 2453US8168691B2Vinyl ether resist formulations for imprint lithography and processes of useHOULE FRANCES A·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·0 cites·13 claims
- 2553US2007298176A1Aromatic vinyl ether based reverse-tone step and flash imprint lithographyDIPIETRO RICHARD ANTHONY·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2652US5625579AStochastic simulation method for processes containing equilibrium stepsIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 29, 1997·23 cites·18 claims
- 2749US8173331B2Method and apparatus for sub-pellicle defect reduction on photomasksBURNHAM JAY S·Filed 2010·Granted May 8, 2012·0 cites·20 claims
- 2846US5503870AMethod for producing thin film magnetic structureIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 2, 1996·8 cites·16 claims
- 2941US5745385AMethod for stochastic and deterministic timebase control in stochastic simulationsINT BUSINESS MACHINES CORPROAT·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 28, 1998·13 cites·30 claims
- 3040US4617086ARapid etching method for silicon by SF6 gasIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Oct 14, 1986·9 cites·8 claims
- 3136US5582860AMethod for producing thin film magnetic structureIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 10, 1996·4 cites·1 claims
- 3230US6188550B1Self-longitudinally biased magnetoresistive read transducerIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 13, 2001·0 cites·19 claims
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