US Patent Issued to Lam Research on Oct. 20 for "Automated visual-inspection system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,245, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Lam Research Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Automated visual-inspection system" was invented by Collin Michael Anderson (Berkeley, Calif.) and Roderick Mosely (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples include systems, apparatuses, and methods to perform an automated visual-inspection of components undergoing various stages of fabrication. In one example, an inspection system includes a number of robots, each having a camera, to inspect a component for defects at various stages of fabrication. Generally, each of the cameras is located at a different geographical location cor...