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Derek R. Witty — 39 Patents

Applied Materials: 39 patents #240 of 7,310Top 4%
Fremont, CA: #345 of 9,298 inventorsTop 4%
California: #11,915 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
Derek R. Witty has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in March 2019. Derek R. Witty ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Derek R. Witty in Fremont, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2013.peak 72002: 2 patents20022006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 4 patents20092010: 5 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 5 patents2013: 7 patents20132014: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10236182 Conformal amorphous carbon for spacer and spacer protection applications Sungjin Kim, Deenesh Padhi, Sung Hyun Hong, Bok Hoen Kim 2019-03-19 $17,059,000
10074534 Ultra-conformal carbon film deposition Swayambhu Prasad Behera, Shahid Shaikh, Pramit Manna, Mandar B. Pandit, Tersem Summan +4 more 2018-09-11 $27,448,000
9984868 PEALD of films comprising silicon nitride Victor Nguyen, Woong Jae Lee, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia 2018-05-29 $37,048,000
9721784 Ultra-conformal carbon film deposition Swayambhu Prasad Behera, Shahid Shaikh, Pramit Manna, Mandar B. Pandit, Tersem Summan +4 more 2017-08-01 $22,439,000
9570303 Conformal amorphous carbon for spacer and spacer protection applications Sungjin Kim, Deenesh Padhi, Sung Hyun Hong, Bok Hoen Kim 2017-02-14 $30,741,000
9337072 Apparatus and method for substrate clamping in a plasma chamber Ganesh Balasubramanian, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Eller Y. Juco, Mohamad A. Ayoub, Hyung Joon Kim +11 more 2016-05-10 $10,962,000
8758638 Copper oxide removal techniques Weifeng YE, Victor Nguyen, Mei-Yee Shek, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia 2014-06-24 $13,917,000
8679987 Deposition of an amorphous carbon layer with high film density and high etch selectivity Patrick Reilly, Shahid Shaikh, Tersem Summan, Deenesh Padhi, Sanjeev Baluja +3 more 2014-03-25 $18,865,000
8598020 Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of crystalline germanium Victor Nguyen, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia 2013-12-03 $15,303,000
8586487 Low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of conformal silicon carbon nitride and silicon nitride films Victor Nguyen, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia 2013-11-19 $10,370,000
8563090 Boron film interface engineering Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia, Yi-Hsing Chen 2013-10-22 $10,239,000
8501568 Method of forming flash memory with ultraviolet treatment Mihaela Balseanu, Vladimir Zubkov, Li-Qun Xia, Atif Noori, Reza Arghavani +1 more 2013-08-06 $5,239,000
8445075 Method to minimize wet etch undercuts and provide pore sealing of extreme low k (k<2.5) dielectrics Huiwen Xu, Mei-Yee Shek, Li-Qun Xia, Amir Al-Bayati, Hichem M'Saad 2013-05-21 $14,657,000
8389376 Air gap integration scheme Alexandros T. Demos, Li-Qun Xia, Bok Hoen Kim, Hichem M'Saad 2013-03-05 $7,679,000
8343881 Silicon dioxide layer deposited with BDEAS Yong Won Lee, Vladimir Zubkov, Mei-Yee Shek, Li-Qun Xia, Prahallad Iyengar +4 more 2013-01-01
8337950 Method for depositing boron-rich films for lithographic mask applications Victor Nguyen, Yi-Hsing Chen, Mihaela Balseanu, Isabelita Roflox, Li-Qun Xia 2012-12-25
8282734 Methods to improve the in-film defectivity of PECVD amorphous carbon films Deenesh Padhi, Chiu Chan, Sudha Rathi, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jianhua Zhou +4 more 2012-10-09 $6,230,000
8252653 Method of forming a non-volatile memory having a silicon nitride charge trap layer Mihaela Balseanu, Vladimir Zubkov, Li-Qun Xia, Atif Noori, Reza Arghavani +1 more 2012-08-28 $5,542,000
8148269 Boron nitride and boron-nitride derived materials deposition method Mihaela Balseanu, Christopher Dennis Bencher, Yongmei Chen, Li Yan Miao, Victor Nguyen +2 more 2012-04-03 $7,743,000
8138104 Method to increase silicon nitride tensile stress using nitrogen plasma in-situ treatment and ex-situ UV cure Mihaela Balseanu, Victor Nguyen, Li-Qun Xia, Hichem M'Saad, Mei-Yee Shek +1 more 2012-03-20 $11,903,000
8084105 Method of depositing boron nitride and boron nitride-derived materials Jeong-Uk Huh, Mihaela Balseanu, Li-Qun Xia, Victor Nguyen, Hichem M'Saad 2011-12-27 $8,284,000
7964442 Methods to obtain low k dielectric barrier with superior etch resistivity Huiwen Xu, Yijun Liu, Li-Qun Xia, Hichem M'Saad 2011-06-21 $5,178,000
7871926 Methods and systems for forming at least one dielectric layer Li-Qun Xia, Mihaela Balseanu, Victor Nguyen, Hichem M'Saad, Haichun Yang +3 more 2011-01-18 $15,285,000
7867578 Method for depositing an amorphous carbon film with improved density and step coverage Deenesh Padhi, Hyoung-Chan Ha, Sudha Rathi, Chiu Chan, Sohyun Park +6 more 2011-01-11 $9,486,000
7816205 Method of forming non-volatile memory having charge trap layer with compositional gradient Mihaela Balseanu, Vladimir Zubkov, Li-Qun Xia, Atif Noori, Reza Arghavani +1 more 2010-10-19 $11,079,000