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Brian J. Brown — 151 Patents

Applied Materials: 65 patents #105 of 7,310Top 2%
Boston Scientific Scimed: 36 patents #103 of 4,174Top 3%
SSScimed Life Systems: 28 patents #14 of 1,161Top 2%
ADAlta Devices: 6 patents #11 of 52Top 25%
Ford: 5 patents #3,393 of 17,473Top 20%
HP: 5 patents #3,830 of 16,619Top 25%
Intel: 2 patents #13,316 of 30,777Top 45%
ULUtica Leaseco: 1 patents #20 of 51Top 40%
NSNovellus Systems: 1 patents #479 of 780Top 65%
Palo Alto, CA: #47 of 9,675 inventorsTop 1%
California: #994 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,165 of 4,157,543Top 1%
151 Patents All Time
Brian J. Brown has been granted 151 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2025. Brian J. Brown ranks #6,165 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.15%). Patent records list Brian J. Brown in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 17 patents in 2002.peak 171995: 2 patents19951996: 2 patents1998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 8 patents2001: 7 patents2002: 17 patents20022003: 11 patents2004: 5 patents2005: 14 patents20052006: 4 patents2007: 3 patents2008: 6 patents20082009: 3 patents2010: 2 patents2011: 9 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 5 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 3 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 4 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 3 patents2023: 4 patents20232024: 8 patents2025: 8 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 151 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12434347 Method for CMP temperature control Hailin Wu, Shih-Chiehmr Chang, Chih-Che Chou, Jianshe Tang, Hui Chen +1 more 2025-10-07
12400881 Apparatus and method of substrate edge cleaning and substrate carrier head gap cleaning Wei Lu, Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang 2025-08-26
12343840 Control of processing parameters for substrate polishing with substrate precession Eric Lau, Charles C. Garretson, Huanbo Zhang, Zhize Zhu, Benjamin Cherian +1 more 2025-07-01
12296427 Apparatus and method for CMP temperature control Haosheng Wu, Shou-Sung Chang, Chih Chung Chou, Jianshe Tang, Hui Chen +1 more 2025-05-13
12285838 Wafer edge asymmetry correction using groove in polishing pad Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep LaRosa 2025-04-29
12224186 Apparatus and method of brush cleaning using periodic chemical treatments 2025-02-11
12198944 Substrate handling in a modular polishing system with single substrate cleaning chambers Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko, Jin Ji, Jagan Rangarajan, Steven M. Zuniga 2025-01-14
12194591 Roller for location-specific wafer polishing Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko, Fred C. Redeker, Chirantha Rodrigo, Steven M. Zuniga, Jay Gurusamy 2025-01-14
12051599 Cleaning method with in-line SPM processing Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko, Brian K. Kirkpatrick 2024-07-30 $79,851,000
12030156 Polishing carrier head with piezoelectric pressure control Andrew J. Nagengast, Justin Ho Kuen Wong 2024-07-09 $62,454,000
12027382 Surface cleaning with directed high pressure chemistry Brian K. Kirkpatrick, Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko 2024-07-02 $85,126,000
11951589 Wafer edge asymmetry correction using groove in polishing pad Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep 2024-04-09 $47,694,000
11931854 Chemical mechanical polishing using time share control Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep LaRosa 2024-03-19 $54,086,000
11931853 Control of processing parameters for substrate polishing with angularly distributed zones using cost function Eric Lau, Charles C. Garretson, Huanbo Zhang, Zhize Zhu, Benjamin Cherian +1 more 2024-03-19 $54,086,000
11897079 Low-temperature metal CMP for minimizing dishing and corrosion, and improving pad asperity Haosheng Wu, Hari Soundararajan, Jianshe Tang, Shou-Sung Chang, Yen-Chu Yang +2 more 2024-02-13 $47,589,000
11890715 Polishing carrier head with piezoelectric pressure control Andrew J. Nagengast, Justin Ho Kuen Wong 2024-02-06 $39,056,000
11826872 Temperature and slurry flow rate control in CMP Haosheng Wu, Jianshe Tang, Shih-Haur Shen, Shou-Sung Chang, Hari Soundararajan 2023-11-28 $39,424,000
11823916 Apparatus and method of substrate edge cleaning and substrate carrier head gap cleaning Wei Lu, Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang 2023-11-21 $39,416,000
11764069 Asymmetry correction via variable relative velocity of a wafer Jimin Zhang, Eric Lau, Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko, Jeonghoon Oh, Gerald Alonzo 2023-09-19 $44,467,000
11682567 Cleaning system with in-line SPM processing Ekaterina A. Mikhaylichenko, Brian K. Kirkpatrick 2023-06-20 $48,645,000
11400560 Retaining ring design Jeonghoon Oh, Charles C. Garretson, Eric Lau, Andrew J. Nagengast, Steven M. Zuniga +2 more 2022-08-02 $46,822,000
11298794 Chemical mechanical polishing using time share control Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep 2022-04-12 $58,287,000
11267095 High throughput polishing system for workpieces Stephen M Fisher, II, Robindranath Banerjee, Christopher Laurent Beaudry 2022-03-08
10932323 Reflector and susceptor assembly for chemical vapor deposition reactor Brian H. Burrows, Abril Cabreros, David Masayuki Ishikawa, Alexander Lerner 2021-02-23
10672628 Single use rinse in a linear Marangoni drier 2020-06-02 $65,790,000