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David E. Berkstresser — 31 Patents

Applied Materials: 13 patents #1,046 of 7,310Top 15%
OLOrbotech Lt Solar, Llc.: 5 patents #4 of 8Top 50%
QBQuantumscape Battery: 4 patents #28 of 68Top 45%
ATApplied Komatsu Technology: 2 patents #20 of 62Top 35%
OROriol: 1 patents #4 of 11Top 40%
INInopla: 1 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
QUQuantumscape: 1 patents #40 of 58Top 70%
San Jose, CA: #1,945 of 32,062 inventorsTop 7%
California: #16,606 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
David E. Berkstresser has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in March 2025. David E. Berkstresser ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list David E. Berkstresser in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1997.peak 61985: 1 patents19851994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 6 patents19972003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12240143 Rapid ceramic processing techniques and equipment Timothy P. Holme, Martin M. Winterkorn, John Olenick, Matthew SHEFFIELD, Yamini Mohan +2 more 2025-03-04
12090684 Rapid ceramic processing techniques and equipment Timothy P. Holme, Martin M. Winterkorn, John Olenick, Matthew SHEFFIELD, Yamini Mohan +2 more 2024-09-17
11777153 Thermal and electrical management of battery packs Weston Arthur Hermann, Stuart D. Barter, Phillip John Weicker 2023-10-03
11011783 Thermal and electrical management of battery packs Weston Arthur Hermann, Stuart D. Barter, Phillip John Weicker 2021-05-18
10158115 Flash evaporation of solid state battery component Bradley O. Stimson, Weston Arthur Hermann, Tim Holme, Arnold Allenic 2018-12-18
9580956 Methods and apparatus for providing a floating seal for chamber doors Billy C. Leung, Shinichi Kurita 2017-02-28 $9,499,000
9462921 Broken wafer recovery system Craig L. Stevens, Wendell T. Blonigan 2016-10-11
9287152 Auto-sequencing multi-directional inline processing method Wendell T. Blonigan, Masato Toshima, Kam S. Law, Steve Kleinke, Craig L. Stevens 2016-03-15
8672603 Auto-sequencing inline processing apparatus Wendell T. Blonigan, Masato Toshima, Kam S. Law, Steve Kleinke, Craig L. Stevens 2014-03-18
8648977 Methods and apparatus for providing a floating seal having an isolated sealing surface for chamber doors Billy C. Leung, Shinichi Kurita 2014-02-11 $13,314,000
8459276 Broken wafer recovery system Craig L. Stevens, Wendell T. Blonigan 2013-06-11
8444364 Auto-sequencing multi-directional inline processing apparatus Wendell T. Blonigan, Masato Toshima, Kam S. Law, Steve Kleinke, Craig L. Stevens 2013-05-21
7775853 Configurable polishing apparatus In-Kwon Jeong 2010-08-17
7575220 Curved slit valve door Yoshiaki Tanase, Billy C. Leung, Gregory Stephen Lewis 2009-08-18 $17,494,000
7497414 Curved slit valve door with flexible coupling Jae-Chull Lee 2009-03-03 $11,197,000
7364496 Polishing head for polishing semiconductor wafers Jerry J. Berkstresser, Jino Park, In-Kwon Jeong 2008-04-29
6835118 Rigid plate assembly with polishing pad and method of using In-Kwon Jeong 2004-12-28
6746198 Substrate transfer shuttle John M. White, Norman L. Turner, Robin L. Tiner, Ernst Keller, Shinichi Kurita +1 more 2004-06-08 $49,514,000
6517303 Substrate transfer shuttle John M. White, Norman L. Turner, Robin L. Tiner, Ernst Keller, Shinichi Kurita +1 more 2003-02-11
5676803 Sputtering device Richard E. Demaray, Manuel J. Herrera 1997-10-14
5674786 Method of heating and cooling large area glass substrates Norman L. Turner, John M. White 1997-10-07 $76,790,000
5611865 Alignment of a shadow frame and large flat substrates on a heated support John M. White, Carl T. Petersen 1997-03-18 $51,702,000
5607009 Method of heating and cooling large area substrates and apparatus therefor Norman L. Turner, John M. White 1997-03-04 $23,013,000
5603816 Sputtering device and target with cover to hold cooling fluid Richard E. Demaray, Manuel J. Herrera 1997-02-18 $121,367,000
5595337 Sputtering device and target with cover to hold cooling fluid Richard E. Demaray, Manuel J. Herrera 1997-01-21 $104,754,000