ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,697, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Intelligent processing tools" was invented by Banqiu Wu (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more first parameters associated with an electronic device manufacturing process are monitored. An artificial neural network associated with the one or more first parameters is determined. One or more second parameters are determined using the artificial neural network. The one or more first parameters are adjusted using the one or more second parameters."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/532,923.
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