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James Hoffman — 14 Patents

Applied Materials: 11 patents #1,208 of 7,310Top 20%
GE: 2 patents #13,632 of 36,430Top 40%
Micron: 1 patents #5,436 of 6,374Top 90%
San Jose, CA: #4,673 of 32,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
James Hoffman has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in October 2019. James Hoffman ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list James Hoffman in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10460922 Method and apparatus for substrate transfer in a thermal treatment chamber Atsushi Kitani, Hsin-Hsien Wu, Chia-Hung Chen 2019-10-29 $23,960,000
10043693 Method and apparatus for handling substrates in a processing system having a buffer chamber Jaeyoung Kim, Atsushi Kitani, Young Taek Kwon 2018-08-07 $22,921,000
9008833 Dynamic routing control methods and systems for a cluster tool Hong Soon Kim, Atsushi Kitani 2015-04-14 $19,339,000
8674844 Detecting plasma chamber malfunction Beom Soo Park, Hong Soon Kim, Soo Young Choi, Suhail Anwar, John M. White 2014-03-18 $32,089,000
8670857 Flexible process condition monitoring Hong Soon Kim, Beom Soo Park 2014-03-11 $12,153,000
8643849 Measurement systems and methods Li Tao, Guiju Song, Xinjun Wan, Kevin George Harding, Steven Robert Hayashi +3 more 2014-02-04 $25,573,000
8174400 Frequency monitoring to detect plasma process abnormality Beom Soo Park, Soo Young Choi, John M. White, Hong Soon Kim 2012-05-08 $17,508,000
7902991 Frequency monitoring to detect plasma process abnormality Beom Soo Park, Soo Young Choi, John M. White, Hong Soon Kim 2011-03-08 $6,861,000
7834994 Sensors for dynamically detecting substrate breakage and misalignment of a moving substrate William Bagley, Paohuei Lee, Kyung Tae Kim, Sam Kim, Toshio Kiyotake +4 more 2010-11-16 $8,660,000
7784183 System and method for adjusting performance of manufacturing operations or steps Todd Jay Rockstroh 2010-08-31 $21,001,000
7477956 Methods and apparatus for enhancing electronic device manufacturing throughput Inchen Huang, Hongbin Ji 2009-01-13 $21,096,000
7474934 Methods and apparatus for enhancing electronic device manufacturing throughput Hongbin Ji, Inchen Huang 2009-01-06 $22,624,000
7440091 Sensors for dynamically detecting substrate breakage and misalignment of a moving substrate William Bagley, Paohuei Lee, Kyung Tae Kim, Sam Kim, Toshio Kiyotake +4 more 2008-10-21 $14,890,000
6716080 Anodically bonded elements for flat-panel displays Jason B. Elledge, Zhong-Yi Xia, David A. Cathey 2004-04-06 $2,363,000