HG

Howard Grunes

Applied Materials: 29 patents #387 of 7,310Top 6%
GI Gas Research Institute: 1 patents #343 of 808Top 45%
IBM: 1 patents #44,794 of 70,183Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #125,640 of 4,157,543Top 4%
30
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 25 most recent of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8398832 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Jaim Nulman, Sergio Edelstein, Mani Subramani, Zheng Xu, Avi Tepman +2 more 2013-03-19
7422637 Processing chamber configured for uniform gas flow Vincent Ku, Ling Chen, Hua Chung 2008-09-09
7138014 Electroless deposition apparatus Joseph Stevens, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Ian Pancham, Donald Olgado, Yeuk-Fai Edwin Mok 2006-11-21
7048837 End point detection for sputtering and resputtering Sasson Somekh, Marc Schweitzer, John C. Forster, Zheng Xu, Roderick C. Mosely +1 more 2006-05-23
6824612 Electroless plating system Joseph Stevens, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Ian Pancham, Donald Olgado, Yeuk-Fai Edwin Mok +1 more 2004-11-30
6799939 Multiple independent robot assembly and apparatus for processing and transferring semiconductor wafers Robert B. Lowrance 2004-10-05
6783639 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Jaim Nulman, Sergio Edelstein, Mani Subramani, Zheng Xu, Avi Tepman +2 more 2004-08-31
6640151 Multi-tool control system, method and medium Sasson Somekh 2003-10-28
6575737 Method and apparatus for improved substrate handling Ilya Perlov, Alexey Goder, Evgueni Gantvarg 2003-06-10
6486444 Load-lock with external staging area Kevin Fairbairn, Christopher T. Lane, Kelly Colborne 2002-11-26
6468353 Method and apparatus for improved substrate handling Ilya Perlov, Alexey Goder, Eugene Gantvarg 2002-10-22
6409890 Method and apparatus for forming a uniform layer on a workpiece during sputtering Zheng Xu, Praburam Gopalraja, John C. Forster, Ralf Hofmann, Anantha K. Subramani 2002-06-25
6368469 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Jaim Nulman, Sergio Edelstein, Mani Subramani, Zheng Xu, Avi Tepman +2 more 2002-04-09
6254746 Recessed coil for generating a plasma Anantha K. Subramani, John C. Forster, Bradley O. Stimson, Sergio Edelstein, Avi Tepman +1 more 2001-07-03
6102164 Multiple independent robot assembly and apparatus for processing and transferring semiconductor wafers William McClintock, Robert B. Lowrance 2000-08-15
5879127 Robot assembly Robert B. Lowrance, Avi Tepman 1999-03-09
5868847 Clamp ring for shielding a substrate during film layer deposition Aihua Chen, Zheng Xu, Avi Tepman, Igor Kogan 1999-02-09
5857368 Apparatus and method for fabricating metal paths in semiconductor substrates through high pressure extrusion Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Eric C. Williams, Richard K. Reber 1999-01-12
5810931 High aspect ratio clamp ring Joe Stevens, Igor Kogan 1998-09-22
5763851 Slotted RF coil shield for plasma deposition system John C. Forster, Aihua Chen, Robert B. Lowrance, Ralf Hofmann, Zheng Xu +1 more 1998-06-09
5690795 Screwless shield assembly for vacuum processing chambers Michael Rosenstein, Stephen Bruce Brodsky 1997-11-25
5678980 Robot assembly Avi Tepman, Robert B. Lowrance 1997-10-21
5656093 Wafer spacing mask for a substrate support chuck and method of fabricating same Vincent E. Burkhart, Michael Sugarman 1997-08-12
5556248 Semiconductor wafer cassette transfer system 1996-09-17
5484011 Method of heating and cooling a wafer during semiconductor processing Avi Tepman, Dana L. Andrews 1996-01-16