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Greg Blackburn — 9 Patents

Applied Materials: 7 patents #1,734 of 7,310Top 25%
Santa Clara, CA: #1,939 of 9,301 inventorsTop 25%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Greg Blackburn has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in September 2022. Greg Blackburn ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Greg Blackburn in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1996.peak 21995: 1 patents19951996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11450976 Ground bar and method of grounding 2022-09-20
D904306 Ground bar 2020-12-08
10770321 Process kit erosion and service life prediction Kang-Lie Chiang, Pallavi Zhang, Michael D. Armacost, Nitin Khurana 2020-09-08 $22,964,000
10177018 Process kit erosion and service life prediction Kang-Lie Chiang, Pallavi Zhang, Michael D. Armacost, Nitin Khurana 2019-01-08 $16,165,000
5716484 Contaminant reduction improvements for plasma etch chambers Joseph Kava, Richard McGovern, Yan Rozenzon 1998-02-10 $89,643,000
5693179 Contaminant reduction improvements for plasma etch chambers Joseph Kava, Richard McGovern, Yan Rozenzon 1997-12-02 $153,006,000
5484486 Quick release process kit Donald L. Johnson, Richard McGovern, Yan Rozenzon 1996-01-16 $37,781,000
5480052 Domed extension for process chamber electrode Michael G. Furr, Joseph Kava, Richard McGovern 1996-01-02 $82,913,000
5474649 Plasma processing apparatus employing a textured focus ring Joseph Kava, Richard McGovern 1995-12-12 $45,445,000