US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Dec. 30 for "Neural network based prediction of semiconductor device response" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,370, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Neural network based prediction of semiconductor device response" was invented by Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Va.), James Gallagher (Alexandria, Va.) and Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for evaluating a semiconductor wafer. In accordance with the present invention, using a properly designed neural network, the computer can take image data regarding the wafer at issue, plus image and electrical data regarding a prior wafer...