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Gary E. Miner — 15 Patents

Applied Materials: 14 patents #975 of 7,310Top 15%
SSSera Solar: 1 patents #7 of 8Top 90%
Mountain View, CA: #1,460 of 11,022 inventorsTop 15%
California: #40,789 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Gary E. Miner has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in February 2010. Gary E. Miner ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Gary E. Miner in Mountain View, CA, US.

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Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7658973 Tailoring nitrogen profile in silicon oxynitride using rapid thermal annealing with ammonia under ultra-low pressure Pravin K. Narwankar, Arnaud Lepert 2010-02-09 $11,111,000
7611976 Gate electrode dopant activation method for semiconductor manufacturing Yi Ma, Khaled Ahmed, Kevin Cunningham, Robert C. McIntosh, Abhilash J. Mayur +6 more 2009-11-03 $16,291,000
7541650 Gate electrode structures Steven C. H. Hung 2009-06-02 $19,554,000
7317229 Gate electrode structures and methods of manufacture Steven C. H. Hung 2008-01-08 $14,915,000
7078302 Gate electrode dopant activation method for semiconductor manufacturing including a laser anneal Yi Ma, Khaled Ahmed, Kevin Cunningham, Robert C. McIntosh, Abhilash J. Mayur +6 more 2006-07-18 $11,393,000
6450116 Apparatus for exposing a substrate to plasma radicals David B. Noble, Ravi Jallepally, Nathan D'Astici, Turgut Sahin, Guangcai Xing +1 more 2002-09-17 $18,500,000
6410456 Method and apparatus for insitu vapor generation Christian M. Gronet, Peter A. Knoot, Guangcai Xing, David R. Lopes, Satheesh Kuppurao 2002-06-25 $39,568,000
6179466 Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Bruce W. Peuse, Mark Yam, Aaron Muir Hunter, Peter A. Knoot, Jason Mershon 2001-01-30 $60,467,000
6159866 Method for insitu vapor generation for forming an oxide on a substrate Christian M. Gronet, Peter A. Knoot, Guangcai Xing, David R. Lopes, Satheesh Kuppurao 2000-12-12 $55,693,000
6114258 Method of oxidizing a substrate in the presence of nitride and oxynitride films Guangcai Xing, David R. Lopes, Sathees Kuppurao 2000-09-05 $156,933,000
6037273 Method and apparatus for insitu vapor generation Christian M. Gronet, Peter A. Knoot, Guangcai Xing, David R. Lopes, Satheesh Kuppurao 2000-03-14 $75,471,000
5848842 Method of calibrating a temperature measurement system Bruce W. Peuse, Mark Yam 1998-12-15 $36,552,000
5755511 Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Bruce W. Peuse, Mark Yam 1998-05-26 $31,043,000
5660472 Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Bruce W. Peuse, Mark Yam 1997-08-26 $110,596,000
4963500 Method of monitoring semiconductor manufacturing processes and test sample therefor George W. Cogan, Lee A. Christel, James F. Gibbons 1990-10-16