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Brian K. Hatcher — 12 Patents

Applied Materials: 11 patents #1,208 of 7,310Top 20%
INIntermolecular: 1 patents #186 of 248Top 75%
San Jose, CA: #5,425 of 32,062 inventorsTop 20%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Brian K. Hatcher has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in October 2014. Brian K. Hatcher ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Brian K. Hatcher in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2010.peak 52002: 2 patents20022007: 1 patents20072010: 5 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8858766 Combinatorial high power coaxial switching matrix Kent Riley Child 2014-10-14 $181,000
8236133 Plasma reactor with center-fed multiple zone gas distribution for improved uniformity of critical dimension bias Dan Katz, David Palagashvili, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Valentin N. Todorow, Edward P. Hammond, IV +2 more 2012-08-07 $10,850,000
8066895 Method to control uniformity using tri-zone showerhead Rodolfo P. Belen, Edward P. Hammond, IV, Dan Katz, Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow 2011-11-29 $8,648,000
8017526 Gate profile control through effective frequency of dual HF/VHF sources in a plasma etch process Edward P. Hammond, IV, Rodolfo P. Belen, Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow, Dan Katz 2011-09-13 $7,377,000
7780864 Process using combined capacitively and inductively coupled plasma sources for controlling plasma ion radial distribution Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Dan Katz, Edward P. Hammond, IV +2 more 2010-08-24 $4,612,000
7777152 High AC current high RF power AC-RF decoupling filter for plasma reactor heated electrostatic chuck Valentin Todorov, Michael D. Willwerth, Alexander Paterson, James E. Sammons, III, John Holland 2010-08-17 $3,871,000
7727413 Dual plasma source process using a variable frequency capacitively coupled source to control plasma ion density Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Dan Katz, Edward P. Hammond, IV +2 more 2010-06-01 $13,547,000
7674394 Plasma process for inductively coupling power through a gas distribution plate while adjusting plasma distribution Alexander Paterson, Valentin Todorov, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Dan Katz, Edward P. Hammond, IV +1 more 2010-03-09 $8,227,000
7645357 Plasma reactor apparatus with a VHF capacitively coupled plasma source of variable frequency Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Dan Katz, Edward P. Hammond, IV +2 more 2010-01-12 $28,444,000
7264688 Plasma reactor apparatus with independent capacitive and toroidal plasma sources Alexander Paterson, Valentin N. Todorow, Theodoros Panagopoulos, Dan Katz, Edward P. Hammond, IV +2 more 2007-09-04 $16,959,000
6379575 Treatment of etching chambers using activated cleaning gas Gerald Yin, Xue-Yu Qian, Patrick Leahey, Jonathan D. Mohn, Waiching Chow +2 more 2002-04-30 $26,677,000
6367410 Closed-loop dome thermal control apparatus for a semiconductor wafer processing system Patrick Leahey, Jerry Chen, Richard E. Remington, Simon Yavelberg, Timothy D. Driscoll +3 more 2002-04-09 $34,803,000