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| US11/093,479 US7891936B2 (en) | 2005-03-30 | 2005-03-30 | High speed substrate aligner apparatus |
| US11/093,479 | 2005-03-30 | ||
| PCT/US2006/011400 WO2006105156A2 (en) | 2005-03-30 | 2006-03-29 | High speed substrate aligner apparatus |
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| JP2013181312A Division JP5976612B2 (ja) | 2005-03-30 | 2013-09-02 | 高速基板配置装置 |
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| JP2008538258A JP2008538258A (ja) | 2008-10-16 |
| JP2008538258A5 true JP2008538258A5 (enExample) | 2015-09-10 |
| JP5820559B2 JP5820559B2 (ja) | 2015-11-24 |
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| JP2013181312A Active JP5976612B2 (ja) | 2005-03-30 | 2013-09-02 | 高速基板配置装置 |
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| US (2) | US7891936B2 (enExample) |
| EP (1) | EP1866958B1 (enExample) |
| JP (2) | JP5820559B2 (enExample) |
| KR (1) | KR101366754B1 (enExample) |
| CN (2) | CN102024735B (enExample) |
| TW (1) | TWI429013B (enExample) |
| WO (1) | WO2006105156A2 (enExample) |
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2005
- 2005-03-30 US US11/093,479 patent/US7891936B2/en active Active
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2006
- 2006-03-29 CN CN201010516708.4A patent/CN102024735B/zh active Active
- 2006-03-29 CN CN200680019061.6A patent/CN101379604B/zh active Active
- 2006-03-29 JP JP2008504279A patent/JP5820559B2/ja active Active
- 2006-03-29 WO PCT/US2006/011400 patent/WO2006105156A2/en not_active Ceased
- 2006-03-29 KR KR1020077025002A patent/KR101366754B1/ko not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2006-03-29 EP EP06748850.2A patent/EP1866958B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2006-03-30 TW TW095111132A patent/TWI429013B/zh active
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- 2013-09-02 JP JP2013181312A patent/JP5976612B2/ja active Active
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