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Benjamin M. Johnston — 22 Patents

Applied Materials: 21 patents #616 of 7,310Top 9%
Los Gatos, CA: #379 of 2,986 inventorsTop 15%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Benjamin M. Johnston has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in December 2025. Benjamin M. Johnston ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Benjamin M. Johnston in Los Gatos, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2008.peak 32004: 1 patents20042008: 3 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12486689 Elevated tank tower Martin L. Smith 2025-12-02
12061422 Method for fast loading substrates in a flat panel tool Preston Fung, Sean Screws, Cheuk Ming LEE, Jae Myung YOO 2024-08-13 $69,975,000
11009801 Dynamic cooling control for thermal stabilization for lithography system David Michael CORRIVEAU, Cheuk Ming LEE, Jae Myung YOO, WeiMin Tao, Antoine P. Manens 2021-05-18 $51,490,000
10901328 Method for fast loading substrates in a flat panel tool Preston Fung, Sean Screws, Cheuk Ming LEE, Jae Myung YOO 2021-01-26 $35,448,000
10788762 Dynamic cooling control for thermal stabilization for lithography system David Michael CORRIVEAU, Cheuk Ming LEE, Jae Myung YOO, WeiMin Tao, Antoine P. Manens 2020-09-29 $24,138,000
10379450 Apparatus and methods for on-the-fly digital exposure image data modification Thomas Laidig, Jang Fung Chen, John M. White 2019-08-13 $55,265,000
10036966 Environmental control of systems for photolithography process John M. White, Thomas Laidig 2018-07-31 $55,966,000
10031427 Methods and apparatus for vibration damping stage Jeffrey Kaskey, Thomas Laidig 2018-07-24 $37,876,000
9927723 Apparatus and methods for on-the-fly digital exposure image data modification Thomas Laidig, Jang Fung Chen, John M. White 2018-03-27 $21,583,000
9820372 Segmented antenna assembly 2017-11-14 $27,960,000
9315900 Isolation of microwave sources through bellows Shinichi Kurita 2016-04-19 $19,369,000
7973546 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid +3 more 2011-07-05 $5,297,000
7919972 Integrated substrate transfer module Shinichi Kurita, Emanuel Beer, Hung T. Nguyen, Fayez E. Abboud 2011-04-05 $30,439,000
7847566 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array test Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Ralf Schmid, Fayez (Frank) E. Abboud, Paul Bocian +1 more 2010-12-07 $3,240,000
7786742 Prober for electronic device testing on large area substrates Sriram Krishnaswami, Matthias Brunner, William Beaton, Yong Liu, Hung T. Nguyen +2 more 2010-08-31 $13,689,000
7746088 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid +3 more 2010-06-29 $7,165,000
7602199 Mini-prober for TFT-LCD testing Sriram Krishnaswami, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Yong Liu 2009-10-13 $11,309,000
7535238 In-line electron beam test system Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid +3 more 2009-05-19 $24,403,000
7355418 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array test Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Ralf Schmid, Fayez E. Abboud, Paul Bocian +1 more 2008-04-08 $17,034,000
7330021 Integrated substrate transfer module Shinichi Kurita, Emanuel Beer, Hung T. Nguyen, Fayez E. Abboud 2008-02-12 $31,292,000
7319335 Configurable prober for TFT LCD array testing Matthias Brunner, Shinichi Kurita, Ralf Schmid, Fayez (Frank) E. Abboud, Paul Bocian +1 more 2008-01-15 $53,160,000
6833717 Electron beam test system with integrated substrate transfer module Shinichi Kurita, Emanuel Beer, Hung T. Nguyen 2004-12-21 $24,351,000