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Michael Kwan — 14 Patents

Applied Materials: 9 patents #1,438 of 7,310Top 20%
NINova Measuring Instruments: 4 patents #29 of 108Top 30%
MIT: 1 patents #4,386 of 9,367Top 50%
Sunnyvale, CA: #1,994 of 14,302 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Michael Kwan has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in August 2023. Michael Kwan ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Michael Kwan in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11733035 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Heath A. Pois, Wei Ti Lee, Lawrence V. Bot, Mark Klare, Charles Thomas Larson 2023-08-22 $21,818,000
11029148 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Heath A. Pois, Wei Ti Lee, Lawrence V. Bot, Mark Klare, Charles Thomas Larson 2021-06-08 $10,107,000
10648802 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Heath A. Pois, Wei Ti Lee, Lawrence V. Bot, Mark Klare, Charles Thomas Larson 2020-05-12 $8,932,000
10082390 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Heath A. Pois, Wei Ti Lee, Lawrence V. Bot, Mark Klare, Charles Thomas Larson 2018-09-25 $6,411,000
7638440 Method of depositing an amorphous carbon film for etch hardmask application Yuxiang Wang, Sudha Rathi, Hichem M'Saad 2009-12-29 $18,530,000
7407893 Liquid precursors for the CVD deposition of amorphous carbon films Martin Jay Seamons, Wendy H. Yeh, Sudha Rathi, Deenesh Padhi, Andy Luan +6 more 2008-08-05 $25,073,000
7253123 Method for producing gate stack sidewall spacers Reza Arghavani, Li-Qun Xia, Kang Sub Yim 2007-08-07 $22,752,000
7064077 Method for high aspect ratio HDP CVD gapfill Zhong Qiang Hua, Dong Li, Zhengquan Tan, Zhuang Li, Bruno Geoffrion +1 more 2006-06-20 $14,811,000
7052552 Gas chemistry cycling to achieve high aspect ratio gapfill with HDP-CVD Eric Liu 2006-05-30 $15,443,000
6812153 Method for high aspect ratio HDP CVD gapfill Zhong Qiang Hua, Dong Li, Zhengquan Tan, Zhuang Li, Bruno Geoffrion +1 more 2004-11-02 $17,088,000
6715496 Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system Alan W. Collins, Jalel Hamila, Padmanabhan Krishnaraj, Zhengquan Tan 2004-04-06 $31,300,000
6596123 Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system Alan W. Collins, Jalel Hamila, Padmanabhan Krishnaraj, Zhengquan Tan 2003-07-22 $37,702,000
6335288 Gas chemistry cycling to achieve high aspect ratio gapfill with HDP-CVD Eric Liu 2002-01-01
6045877 Pyrolytic chemical vapor deposition of silicone films Karen K. Gleason 2000-04-04