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James C. Wang — 16 Patents

Applied Materials: 15 patents #912 of 7,310Top 15%
Saratoga, CA: #595 of 2,933 inventorsTop 25%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
James C. Wang has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in December 2023. James C. Wang ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list James C. Wang in Saratoga, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2023.peak 32001: 2 patents20012003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152018: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents2023: 3 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11850703 Method of forming retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2023-12-26 $30,871,000
11770022 Nanocrystalline magnetic conductive sheet for wireless charging and preparation method therefor Kevin Li, Jeff Zhang, Danny Ma, Lavin Li, Terrence Zeng 2023-09-26
11577361 Retaining ring with shaped surface and method of forming Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2023-02-14 $35,617,000
11260500 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2022-03-01 $41,046,000
10766117 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2020-09-08 $22,964,000
9937601 Retaining ring with Shaped Surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2018-04-10 $134,735,000
9186773 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2015-11-17 $15,900,000
8585468 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2013-11-19 $10,370,000
8066551 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2011-11-29 $8,648,000
7927190 Retaining ring with shaped surface Hung Chih Chen, Steven M. Zuniga, Charles C. Garretson, Douglas R. McAllister, Jian Lin +12 more 2011-04-19 $9,957,000
7815495 Pad conditioner Kun Xu, Jimin Zhang, Thomas H. Osterheld, Yutao Ma, Steven M. Zuniga +1 more 2010-10-19 $11,079,000
7749048 Polishing pad conditioning process Hung K. Nguyen, Sen-Hou Ko, Wei-Yung Hsu 2010-07-06 $6,398,000
6689249 Shield or ring surrounding semiconductor workpiece in plasma chamber Kuang-Han Ke, Bryan Pu, Hongching Shan, Henry Fong, Zongyu LI +1 more 2004-02-10 $27,822,000
6537918 Method for etching silicon oxynitride and dielectric antireflection coatings Pavel Ionov, Sung Ho Kim, Dean Li, Chun Yan 2003-03-25 $28,989,000
6291356 Method for etching silicon oxynitride and dielectric antireflection coatings Pavel Ionov, Sung Ho Kim, Dean Li, Chun Yan 2001-09-18 $35,381,000
6284093 Shield or ring surrounding semiconductor workpiece in plasma chamber Kuang-Han Ke, Bryan Pu, Hongching Shan, Henry Fong, Zongyu LI +1 more 2001-09-04 $82,822,000