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Ming Xi — 75 Patents

Applied Materials: 65 patents #105 of 7,310Top 2%
NSNovellus Systems: 8 patents #108 of 780Top 15%
Palo Alto, CA: #189 of 9,675 inventorsTop 2%
California: #3,914 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #25,505 of 4,157,543Top 1%
75 Patents All Time
Ming Xi has been granted 75 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in November 2021. Ming Xi ranks #25,505 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.61%). Patent records list Ming Xi in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2010.peak 91998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents2001: 7 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 5 patents2004: 4 patents20042005: 5 patents2006: 8 patents2007: 7 patents20072008: 5 patents2009: 2 patents2010: 9 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 3 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 75 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11177131 Method and apparatuses for reducing porogen accumulation from a UV-cure chamber Lisa Gytri, Jeff Gordon, James Lee, Carmen Balderrama, Joseph Brett Harris +3 more 2021-11-16
10230018 Substrate used for III-V-nitride growth and manufacturing method thereof Maosheng Hao, Genru Yuan, Yue Ma 2019-03-12
10121682 Purging of porogen from UV cure chamber Eugene Smargiassi, Stephen Yu-Hong Lau, George D. Kamian 2018-11-06
10020197 Method for reducing porogen accumulation from a UV-cure chamber Lisa Gytri, Jeff Gordon, James Lee, Carmen Balderrama, Joseph Brett Harris +3 more 2018-07-10
9832493 Method and apparatus for processing audio/video file Huaiyin Guo, Xu Zhang 2017-11-28
9384959 Purging of porogen from UV cure chamber Eugene Smargiassi, Stephen Yu-Hong Lau, George D. Kamian 2016-07-05
9073100 Method and apparatuses for reducing porogen accumulation from a UV-cure chamber Lisa Gytri, Jeff Gordon, James Lee, Carmen Balderrama, Joseph Brett Harris +3 more 2015-07-07
9031685 Atomic layer deposition apparatus Barry Chin, Alfred Mak, Lawrence Chung-Lai Lei, Hua Chung, Ken Kaung Lai +1 more 2015-05-12 $26,933,000
9012334 Formation of a tantalum-nitride layer Sean M. Seutter, Michael Yang 2015-04-21 $14,570,000
8734663 Purging of porogen from UV cure chamber Eugene Smargiassi, Stephen Yu-Hong Lau, George D. Kamian 2014-05-27
8626330 Atomic layer deposition apparatus Barry Chin, Alfred Mak, Lawrence Chung-Lai Lei, Hua Chung, Ken Kaung Lai +1 more 2014-01-07 $24,959,000
8518210 Purging of porogen from UV cure chamber Eugene Smargiassi, Stephen Yu-Hong Lau, George D. Kamian 2013-08-27
8282768 Purging of porogen from UV cure chamber Eugene Smargiassi, Stephen Yu-Hong Lau, George D. Kamian 2012-10-09
8123860 Apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films Randhir P. S. Thakur, Alfred Mak, Walter Glenn, Ahmad Khan, Ayad A. Al-Shaikh +2 more 2012-02-28 $8,688,000
8114789 Formation of a tantalum-nitride layer Sean M. Seutter, Michael Yang 2012-02-14 $12,695,000
8027746 Atomic layer deposition apparatus Barry Chin, Alfred Mak, Lawrence Chung-Lai Lei, Hua Chung, Ken Kaung Lai +1 more 2011-09-27 $17,577,000
7867914 System and method for forming an integrated barrier layer Michael Yang, Hui Zhang 2011-01-11 $9,486,000
7860597 Atomic layer deposition apparatus Barry Chin, Alfred Mak, Lawrence Chung-Lai Lei, Hua Chung, Ken Kaung Lai +1 more 2010-12-28 $12,129,000
7781326 Formation of a tantalum-nitride layer Sean M. Seutter, Michael Yang 2010-08-24 $4,612,000
7779784 Apparatus and method for plasma assisted deposition Chen-An Chen, Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Michael Yang, Mark Hytros 2010-08-24 $4,612,000
7745333 Methods for depositing tungsten layers employing atomic layer deposition techniques Ken Kaung Lai, Ravi Rajagopalan, Amit Khandelwal, Madhu Moorthy, Srinivas Gandikota +9 more 2010-06-29 $7,165,000
7732325 Plasma-enhanced cyclic layer deposition process for barrier layers Michael Yang, Toshio Itoh 2010-06-08 $8,435,000
7709385 Method for depositing tungsten-containing layers by vapor deposition techniques Ashok Sinha, Moris Kori, Alfred Mak, Xinliang Lu, Ken Kaung Lai +1 more 2010-05-04 $14,487,000
7695563 Pulsed deposition process for tungsten nucleation Xinliang Lu, Ping Jian, Jong Hyun Yoo, Ken Kaung Lai, Alfred Mak +1 more 2010-04-13 $8,039,000
7674715 Method for forming tungsten materials during vapor deposition processes Moris Kori, Alfred Mak, Jeong Soo Byun, Lawrence Chung-Lai Lei, Hua Chung +1 more 2010-03-09 $8,227,000