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Norma Riley — 22 Patents

Applied Materials: 19 patents #703 of 7,310Top 10%
ALAsyst Technologies L.L.C.: 2 patents #29 of 93Top 35%
SGSilicon Genesis: 2 patents #20 of 40Top 50%
MCMuratec Automation Co.: 1 patents #9 of 31Top 30%
Pleasanton, CA: #313 of 3,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Norma Riley has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in July 2012. Norma Riley ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Norma Riley in Pleasanton, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2002.peak 51993: 1 patents19931994: 3 patents1995: 1 patents19951999: 2 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 5 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8229587 Semiconductor fabrication facility visualization system with performance optimization Karl Shieh, Michael A. Cookson, Donald R. Wright, Joseph J. Fatula, Jr. 2012-07-24
7515049 Extended read range RFID system Arun Sharma, Daniel Fritschen, Daniel Liu 2009-04-07 $704,000
7290813 Active edge grip rest pad Anthony C. Bonora, Roger G. Hine, D. Wayne Nobles, Jr. 2007-11-06 $1,947,000
6833322 Apparatuses and methods for depositing an oxide film Roger N. Anderson, Paul B. Comita, Ann Waldhauer 2004-12-21 $24,351,000
6685779 Method and a system for sealing an epitaxial silicon layer on a substrate David K. Carlson, Paul B. Comita, Dale R. Du Bois 2004-02-03 $30,271,000
6562720 Apparatus and method for surface finishing a silicon film Anna Lena Thilderkvist, Paul B. Comita, Lance A. Scudder 2003-05-13 $26,360,000
6500734 Gas inlets for wafer processing chamber Roger N. Anderson, Peter Hey, David K. Carlson, Mahalingam Venkatesan 2002-12-31 $23,154,000
6489241 Apparatus and method for surface finishing a silicon film Anna Lena Thilderkvist, Paul B. Comita, Lance A. Scudder 2002-12-03 $24,582,000
6399510 Bi-directional processing chamber and method for bi-directional processing of semiconductor substrates Roger N. Anderson, Grant D. Imper, Paul B. Comita 2002-06-04 $34,666,000
6376387 Method of sealing an epitaxial silicon layer on a substrate David K. Carlson, Paul B. Comita, Dale R. Du Bois 2002-04-23 $30,581,000
6366861 Method of determining a wafer characteristic using a film thickness monitor Ann Waldhauer, Paul B. Comita 2002-04-02 $41,044,000
6254686 Vented lower liner for heating exhaust gas from a single substrate reactor Paul B. Comita, David K. Carlson, Doria W. Fan, Rekha Ranganathan 2001-07-03 $77,440,000
6171966 Delineation pattern for epitaxial depositions Thomas E. Deacon 2001-01-09 $65,370,000
6153260 Method for heating exhaust gas in a substrate reactor Paul B. Comita, David K. Carlson, Doria W. Fan, Rekha Ranganathan 2000-11-28 $69,326,000
6083323 Method for controlling the temperature of the walls of a reaction chamber during processing David K. Carlson, Roger N. Anderson 2000-07-04
5916369 Gas inlets for wafer processing chamber Roger N. Anderson, Peter Hey, David K. Carlson, Mahalingam Venkatesan 1999-06-29 $90,358,000
5855677 Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of reaction chamber walls David K. Carlson, Roger N. Anderson 1999-01-05 $50,013,000
5411593 Apparatus for servicing vacuum chamber using non-reactive gas filled maintenance enclosure David K. Carlson 1995-05-02 $52,072,000
5322567 Particulate reduction baffle with wafer catcher for chemical-vapor-deposition apparatus Paul Deaton, James V. Rinnovatore 1994-06-21 $40,644,000
5316794 Method for servicing vacuum chamber using non-reactive gas-filled maintenance enclosure David K. Carlson 1994-05-31 $15,561,000
5298107 Processing method for growing thick films Lance A. Scudder, Jon M. Schalla 1994-03-29 $21,306,000
5198071 Process for inhibiting slip and microcracking while forming epitaxial layer on semiconductor wafer Lance A. Scudder 1993-03-30 $19,676,000