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John Trow — 27 Patents

Applied Materials: 26 patents #462 of 7,310Top 7%
Santa Clara, CA: #545 of 9,301 inventorsTop 6%
California: #19,967 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
John Trow has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in May 2004. John Trow ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list John Trow in Santa Clara, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6736931 Inductively coupled RF plasma reactor and plasma chamber enclosure structure therefor Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick 2004-05-18
6634313 High-frequency electrostatically shielded toroidal plasma and radical source Hiroji Hanawa, Kenneth S. Collins, David Stover, Fernando Silveira 2003-10-21 $27,123,000
6623596 Plasma reactor having an inductive antenna coupling power through a parallel plate electrode Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Eric Askarinam, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui +2 more 2003-09-23 $28,970,000
6545420 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks +6 more 2003-04-08 $28,870,000
6524432 Parallel-plate electrode plasma reactor having an inductive antenna and adjustable radial distribution of plasma ion density Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Eric Askarinam, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui +2 more 2003-02-25 $21,067,000
6518195 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Kenneth S. Collins, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks, Peter Keswick +7 more 2003-02-11 $17,783,000
6488807 Magnetic confinement in a plasma reactor having an RF bias electrode Kenneth S. Collins, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks, Peter Keswick +7 more 2002-12-03 $24,582,000
6454898 Inductively coupled RF Plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna and modular confinement magnet liners Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick, Eric Askarinam +5 more 2002-09-24 $13,765,000
6444085 Inductively coupled RF plasma reactor having an antenna adjacent a window electrode Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick 2002-09-03 $21,151,000
6251792 Plasma etch processes Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks +7 more 2001-06-26 $57,772,000
6252354 RF tuning method for an RF plasma reactor using frequency servoing and power, voltage, current or DI/DT control Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Viktor Shel 2001-06-26 $57,772,000
6165311 Inductively coupled RF plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick 2000-12-26 $87,710,000
6077384 Plasma reactor having an inductive antenna coupling power through a parallel plate electrode Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Eric Askarinam, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui +2 more 2000-06-20 $109,669,000
6074512 Inductively coupled RF plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna and modular confinement magnet liners Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick, Eric Askarinam +5 more 2000-06-13 $124,024,000
6068784 Process used in an RF coupled plasma reactor Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks +6 more 2000-05-30 $186,360,000
6054013 Parallel plate electrode plasma reactor having an inductive antenna and adjustable radial distribution of plasma ion density Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Eric Askarinam, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui +2 more 2000-04-25 $129,479,000
5824607 Plasma confinement for an inductively coupled plasma reactor Tetsuya Ishikawa 1998-10-20 $37,932,000
5583737 Electrostatic chuck usable in high density plasma Kenneth S. Collins, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui, Craig A. Roderick, Nicolas Bright, Jeffrey Marks +2 more 1996-12-10 $24,149,000
5574410 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Robert HARTLAGE +1 more 1996-11-12 $24,715,000
5572170 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Robert HARTLAGE +1 more 1996-11-05 $21,825,000
5556501 Silicon scavenger in an inductively coupled RF plasma reactor Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks +7 more 1996-09-17 $16,373,000
5539609 Electrostatic chuck usable in high density plasma Kenneth S. Collins, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui, Craig A. Roderick, Nicolas Bright, Jeffrey Marks +2 more 1996-07-23 $14,059,000
5392018 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Robert HARTLAGE +1 more 1995-02-21 $13,844,000
5350479 Electrostatic chuck for high power plasma processing Kenneth S. Collins, Joshua Chiu-Wing Tsui, Craig A. Roderick, Nicolas Bright, Jeffrey Marks +1 more 1994-09-27 $23,197,000
5349313 Variable RF power splitter Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick 1994-09-20 $24,167,000