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Pingyan Lei — 10 Patents

Applied Materials: 10 patents #1,301 of 7,310Top 20%
San Jose, CA: #6,421 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Pingyan Lei has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in September 2025. Pingyan Lei ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Pingyan Lei in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2018 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2022.peak 22018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192022: 2 patents20222023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12406849 Methods and apparatus for enhancing selectivity of titanium and titanium silicides during chemical vapor deposition Takashi Kuratomi, I-Cheng Chen, Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Mei Chang, Xianmin Tang 2025-09-02
12230479 Processing chamber with multiple plasma units Kazuya Daito, Yi Xu, Yu Lei, Takashi Kuratomi, Jallepally Ravi +1 more 2025-02-18
12016092 Gas distribution ceramic heater for deposition chamber Dien-Yeh Wu, Jallepally Ravi, Manjunatha Koppa, Ambarish Toorihal, Sandesh Yadamane +2 more 2024-06-18 $83,264,000
11955319 Processing chamber with multiple plasma units Kazuya Daito, Yi Xu, Yu Lei, Takashi Kuratomi, Jallepally Ravi +1 more 2024-04-09 $47,694,000
11658014 Apparatuses and methods of protecting nickel and nickel containing components with thin films Dien-Yeh Wu, Xiao-Ming He, Jennifer Y. Sun, Lei Zhou, Takashi Kuratomi +3 more 2023-05-23 $53,064,000
11555244 High temperature dual chamber showerhead Dien-Yeh Wu, Jallepally Ravi, Takashi Kuratomi, Xiaoxiong Yuan, Manjunatha Koppa +1 more 2023-01-17 $39,427,000
11430661 Methods and apparatus for enhancing selectivity of titanium and titanium silicides during chemical vapor deposition Takashi Kuratomi, I-Cheng Chen, Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Mei Chang, Xianmin Tang 2022-08-30 $41,861,000
11421322 Blocker plate for use in a substrate process chamber Xiaoxiong Yuan, Yu Lei, Yi Xu, Kazuya Daito, Dien-Yeh Wu +2 more 2022-08-23 $37,610,000
10508339 Blocker plate for use in a substrate process chamber Xiaoxiong Yuan, Yu Lei, Yi Xu, Kazuya Daito, Dien-Yeh Wu +2 more 2019-12-17 $25,541,000
9881787 Deposition methods for uniform and conformal hybrid titanium oxide films Chien-Teh Kao, Benjamin Schmiege, Xuesong Lu, Juno Yu-Ting Huang, Yu Lei +7 more 2018-01-30 $26,789,000