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Derek Aitken — 14 Patents

Applied Materials: 8 patents #1,563 of 7,310Top 25%
SLSuperion Limited: 5 patents #1 of 1Top 100%
Molesey, GB: #2 of 21 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Derek Aitken has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in December 2002. Derek Aitken ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Derek Aitken in Molesey, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1986.peak 31986: 3 patents19861987: 1 patents19871988: 3 patents19881989: 1 patents19891992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19952002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6498348 Apparatus and method relating to charged particles 2002-12-24
5389793 Apparatus and methods for ion implantation Frederick J. Robinson, Michael T. Wauk, II 1995-02-14 $42,605,000
5300785 Apparatus for and method of producing ion beams 1994-04-05
5194748 Method and apparatus relating to ion implantation 1993-03-16
5124557 Apparatus and methods relating to ion implantation and heat transfer 1992-06-23
5099130 Apparatus and methods relating to scanning ion beams 1992-03-24
4847504 Apparatus and methods for ion implantation 1989-07-11 $4,313,000
4782304 Systems and methds for ion beam acceleration 1988-11-01 $3,962,000
4754200 Systems and methods for ion source control in ion implanters Frederick Plumb, Christopher P. Wright, Nicholas Bright, Bernard Harrison 1988-06-28 $7,920,000
4743767 Systems and methods for ion implantation Frederick Plumb, Christopher P. Wright, Nicholas Bright, Bernard Harrison 1988-05-10 $6,703,000
4682566 Evacuated equipment 1987-07-28 $3,985,000
4587432 Apparatus for ion implantation 1986-05-06 $1,027,000
4580619 Components for evacuated equipment 1986-04-08
4578589 Apparatus and methods for ion implantation 1986-03-25 $1,691,000