Patent Document ID: 10137643
Application ID: 14456586
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: obtaining a sensitivity model that comprises a plurality of sensitivity values and/or functions, each sensitivity value and/or function specifies a prediction, for a different lithographic apparatus setting for one lithographic apparatus, of an amount of a difference in an imaging result attributable to an amount of a difference in the lithographic apparatus setting; generating, by a hardware computer, a simulated substrate contour using one or more of the sensitivity values and/or functions of the sensitivity model; and storing in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and/or providing to a lithographic apparatus, data and/or instructions based on the simulated substrate contour, where the data and/or instructions, or a derivative thereof, are configured to guide design, control and/or modification of an aspect of a physical process of manufacturing devices and/or an aspect of a physical object or apparatus for use in the process of manufacturing devices.