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Alain Duboust — 47 Patents

Applied Materials: 47 patents #178 of 7,310Top 3%
Santa Clara, CA: #245 of 9,301 inventorsTop 3%
California: #8,880 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #59,703 of 4,157,543Top 2%
47 Patents All Time
Alain Duboust has been granted 47 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in March 2020. Alain Duboust ranks #59,703 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Alain Duboust in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2006.peak 102004: 3 patents20042005: 6 patents2006: 10 patents20062007: 9 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 3 patents2010: 5 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 47 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10589397 Endpoint control of multiple substrate zones of varying thickness in chemical mechanical polishing Wen-Chiang Tu, Shih-Haur Shen, Jimin Zhang, Ingemar Carlsson, Boguslaw A. Swedek +4 more 2020-03-17 $17,260,000
10103288 Transfer chamber metrology for improved device yield David P. Bour, Alexey Goder 2018-10-16 $21,789,000
9076827 Transfer chamber metrology for improved device yield David P. Bour, Alexey Goder 2015-07-07 $12,656,000
8694144 Endpoint control of multiple substrates of varying thickness on the same platen in chemical mechanical polishing Stephen Jew, David H. Mai, Huyen Tran, Wen-Chiang Tu, Shih-Haur Shen +4 more 2014-04-08 $11,783,000
8465342 Method of making and apparatus having windowless polishing pad and protected fiber Jimin Zhang, Doyle E. Bennett 2013-06-18 $9,611,000
8157614 Method of making and apparatus having windowless polishing pad and protected fiber Jimin Zhang, Doyle E. Bennett 2012-04-17 $9,496,000
8066552 Multi-layer polishing pad for low-pressure polishing Shou-Sung Chang, Wei Lu, Siew Neo, Yan Wang, Antoine P. Manens +1 more 2011-11-29 $8,648,000
7842169 Method and apparatus for local polishing control Stan Tsai, Feng Q. Liu, Yan Wang, Rashid Mavliev, Liang-Yuh Chen 2010-11-30 $5,930,000
7790015 Endpoint for electroprocessing Yan Wang, Antoine P. Manens, Siew Neo, Liang-Yuh Chen 2010-09-07 $5,434,000
7709382 Electroprocessing profile control Antoine P. Manens, Vladimir Galburt, Yan Wang, Donald Olgado, Liang-Yuh Chen 2010-05-04 $14,487,000
7678245 Method and apparatus for electrochemical mechanical processing Yan Wang, Siew Neo, Feng Q. Liu, Stan Tsai, Yongqi Hu +9 more 2010-03-16 $12,179,000
7655565 Electroprocessing profile control Antoine P. Manens, Vladimir Galburt, Yan Wang, Donald Olgado, Liang-Yuh Chen 2010-02-02 $9,869,000
7628905 Algorithm for real-time process control of electro-polishing Antoine P. Manens, Siew Neo, Liang-Yuh Chen 2009-12-08 $20,724,000
7608173 Biased retaining ring Antoine P. Manens, Feng Q. Liu, Paul D. Butterfield, Rashid Mavliev 2009-10-27 $53,033,000
7520795 Grooved retaining ring Shi-Ping Wang, Antoine P. Manens, Wei-Yung Hsu, Jose Salas-Vernis, Zhihong Wang 2009-04-21 $9,285,000
7422516 Conductive polishing article for electrochemical mechanical polishing Paul D. Butterfield, Liang-Yuh Chen, Yonqi Hu, Antoine P. Manens, Rashid Mavliev +5 more 2008-09-09 $16,131,000
7390429 Method and composition for electrochemical mechanical polishing processing Feng Q. Liu, Tianbao Du, Wei-Yung Hsu 2008-06-24 $46,686,000
7344432 Conductive pad with ion exchange membrane for electrochemical mechanical polishing Liang-Yun Chen, Yuchun Wang, Yan Wang, Daniel Carl, Ralph Wadensweiler +9 more 2008-03-18 $36,315,000
7323416 Method and composition for polishing a substrate Feng Q. Liu, Tianbao Du, Yan Wang, Yongqi Hu, Stan Tsai +3 more 2008-01-29 $14,525,000
7311592 Conductive polishing article for electrochemical mechanical polishing Liang-Yuh Chen, Yuchun Wang, Yan Wang, Daniel Carl, Ralph Wadensweiler +4 more 2007-12-25
7303462 Edge bead removal by an electro polishing process Antoine P. Manens, Liang-Yuh Chen 2007-12-04 $27,736,000
7285036 Pad assembly for electrochemical mechanical polishing Shou-Sung Chang, Stan Tsai, Donald Olgado, Liang-Yuh Chen, Ralph Wadensweiler 2007-10-23 $18,419,000
7278911 Conductive polishing article for electrochemical mechanical polishing Paul D. Butterfield, Liang-Yuh Chen, Yonqi Hu, Antoine P. Manens, Rashid Mavliev +5 more 2007-10-09 $22,463,000
7276743 Retaining ring with conductive portion Antoine P. Manens, Suresh Shrauti, Yan Wang, Liang-Yuh Chen 2007-10-02 $69,542,000
7232514 Method and composition for polishing a substrate Feng Q. Liu, Stan Tsai, Yongqi Hu, Siew Neo, Yan Wang +1 more 2007-06-19 $24,732,000