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Michael R. Rice

Applied Materials: 194 patents #9 of 7,310Top 1%
IN Intel: 11 patents #3,700 of 30,777Top 15%
SC Sokudo Co.: 1 patents #34 of 74Top 50%
📍 Pleasanton, CA: #4 of 3,062 inventorsTop 1%
🗺 California: #480 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,927 of 4,157,543Top 1%
212
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–125 of 212 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8473247 Methods for monitoring processing equipment James P. Cruse, Dermot Cantwell, Thorsten Kril, Charles Hardy 2013-06-25
8322963 End effector for a cluster tool Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Jagan Rangarajan, Penchala N. Kankanala 2012-12-04
8215262 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2012-07-10
8181596 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2012-05-22
8146530 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2012-04-03
8078304 Dual-mode robot systems and methods for electronic device manufacturing Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Todd Egan, Ingrid B. Peterson 2011-12-13
8020689 Break-away positioning conveyor mount for accommodating conveyor belt bends Eric A. Englhardt, Robert B. Lowrance, Martin R. Elliot, Jeffrey C. Hudgens 2011-09-20
8019467 Scheduling method for processing equipment Steve Hongkham, Eric A. Englhardt, Helen R. Armer, Chongyang Wang 2011-09-13
7967996 Process for wafer backside polymer removal and wafer front side photoresist removal Kenneth S. Collins, Hiroji Hanawa, Andrew Nguyen, Shahid Rauf, Ajit Balakrishna +6 more 2011-06-28
7927062 Methods and apparatus for transferring substrates during electronic device manufacturing Nicholas Cravalho, Jeffrey A. Brodine 2011-04-19
7930061 Methods and apparatus for loading and unloading substrate carriers on moving conveyors using feedback Eric A. Englhardt, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Kirk Van Katwyk 2011-04-19
7925377 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2011-04-12
7914248 Methods and apparatus for repositioning support for a substrate carrier Martin R. Elliott 2011-03-29
7912576 Calibration of high speed loader to substrate transport system Eric A. Englhardt, Robert B. Lowrance, Martin R. Elliott, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Kirk Van Katwyk +1 more 2011-03-22
7857570 Method and apparatus for supplying substrates to a processing tool Martin R. Elliott, Robert B. Lowrance, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Eric A. Englhardt 2010-12-28
7833351 Batch processing platform for ALD and CVD Aaron P. Webb, Adam Brailove, Joseph Yudovsky, Nir Merry, Andrew J. Constant +3 more 2010-11-16
7819079 Cartesian cluster tool configuration for lithography type processes Eric A. Englhardt, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Steve Hongkham, Jay D. Pinson, II, Mohsen Salek +3 more 2010-10-26
7798309 Stabilizing substrate carriers during overhead transport Eric A. Englhardt, Robert B. Lowrance, Martin R. Elliott, Jeffrey C. Hudgens 2010-09-21
7792608 Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor Martin R. Elliott, Robert B. Lowrance, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Eric A. Englhardt 2010-09-07
7743728 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2010-06-29
7720655 Extended mainframe designs for semiconductor device manufacturing equipment 2010-05-18
7711445 Systems and methods for transferring small lot size substrate carriers between processing tools Eric A. Englhardt, Vinay Shah, Martin R. Elliott, Robert B. Lowrance, Jeffrey C. Hudgens 2010-05-04
7694647 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Tetsuya Ishikawa, Rick J. Roberts, Helen R. Armer, Leon Volfovski, Jay D. Pinson, II +10 more 2010-04-13
7684895 Wafer loading station that automatically retracts from a moving conveyor in response to an unscheduled event Eric A. Englhardt, Robert B. Lowrance, Martin R. Elliott, Jeffrey C. Hudgens 2010-03-23
7673735 System for transporting substrate carriers Robert B. Lowrance, Martin R. Elliott, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Eric A. Englhardt 2010-03-09